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"Bournemouth Belle"

Poster
1931 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Southern Railway (issuer)
Johnson, Andrew (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

"Bournemouth Belle". Colour lithograph poster with a design showing a steam train just pulling away from a platform; A man and woman in smart dress are waving people off and others are waiting on the platform; The train has the letters 'SR' written in black in a white circle, symbolising Southern Railways, and the numbers '862' are wrtten on the front of the train, in gold on a red ground.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
Title"Bournemouth Belle"
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Printing Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
"Bournemouth Belle". Colour lithograph poster with a design showing a steam train pulling away from a platform. Designed by Andrew Johnson and issued by the Southern Railway, Great Britain, 1931.
Physical description
"Bournemouth Belle". Colour lithograph poster with a design showing a steam train just pulling away from a platform; A man and woman in smart dress are waving people off and others are waiting on the platform; The train has the letters 'SR' written in black in a white circle, symbolising Southern Railways, and the numbers '862' are wrtten on the front of the train, in gold on a red ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100.7cm
  • Width: 63.2cm
Taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed.
  • 'SR' (On train within design.)
  • '862' (On train within design.)
Credit line
Given by the Southern Railway Co.
Subjects depicted
Travel
People
Platforms
Trains (Vehicle Groupings)
Railway Stations
Place depicted
Bournemouth
Bibliographic references
  • Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
Other number
20/F2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.341-1932

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O746575/bournemouth-belle-poster-johnson-andrew/
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