Weymouth

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Artist/Maker	Southern Railway (issuer) Gawthorn, Henry George (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

'Weymouth'. Colour lithograph poster showing a young woman in a black bathing suit and white hat standing by a deckchair on a terrace. She is holding a red rubber ring and is waving out towards the sea. There is a couple nearby walking down to the beach and green beach huts and there are further people on beach and in the sea. Signed.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Weymouth
Materials and techniques	Colour lithography Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Weymouth'. Colour lithograph poster showing a young woman in a black bathing suit and white hat standing by a deckchair and waving out towards the sea. Design by Henry George Gawthorn. Issued by the Southern Railway. Great Britain. c.1931.
Physical description	'Weymouth'. Colour lithograph poster showing a young woman in a black bathing suit and white hat standing by a deckchair on a terrace. She is holding a red rubber ring and is waving out towards the sea. There is a couple nearby walking down to the beach and green beach huts and there are further people on beach and in the sea. Signed.
Dimensions	Height: 100.3cm Width: 62.7cm Dimensions 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.) WEYMOUTH - FREE GUIDE FROM TOWN CLERK, WEYMOUTH, DORSET. EXPRESS TRAINS AND HOILDAY FARES BY SOUTHERN RAILWAY. (Inscribed as part of design.)
Credit line	Given by the Advertising Manager of Southern Railways
Subject depicted	Travel
Place depicted	Weymouth
Bibliographic reference	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
Other number	15/B10 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1313-1931

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O748868/weymouth-poster-gawthorn-henry-george/

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