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Goodbye England! La Belle France!

Poster
1930 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Southern Railway (issuer)
Baynard Press (printers)
Johnson, Andrew (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Goodbye England! La Belle France!'. Colour lithograph railway poster advertising ferry travel. The design shows a fashionable couple standing on the upper-deck of a ferry waving a farewell. The woman has a bob haircut and is wearing a striking red coat. The man is wearing a blue coat and red tie.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Fashion
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleGoodbye England! La Belle France!
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Printing Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Goodbye England! La Belle France!'. Colour lithograph railway poster advertising ferry travel. Designed by Andrew Johnson. Printed by The Baynard Press. Issued by the Southern Railway, Great Britain, 1930.
Physical description
'Goodbye England! La Belle France!'. Colour lithograph railway poster advertising ferry travel. The design shows a fashionable couple standing on the upper-deck of a ferry waving a farewell. The woman has a bob haircut and is wearing a striking red coat. The man is wearing a blue coat and red tie.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.5cm
  • Width: 62.5cm
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
  • 'ANDREW JOHNSON' (Top-right corner.)
  • 'Sanders Phillips & Co., Ltd., THE BAYNARD PRESS, Chryssell Road, S.W.9' (Bottom-right corner.)
  • 'SOUTHERN RAILWAY ADVERTISING' (Bottom-left corner.)
  • 'Goodbye England! La Belle France! / Short Sea Routes to the Continent by / SOUTHERN RAILWAY / GUIDE BOOKS & TIME-TABLES FROM CHIEF S.R. STATIONS' (Text of design.)
Subjects depicted
Travel
Man
Woman
Ferry
Stole
Ferry
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
20/E12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.358-1931

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O749736/goodbye-england-la-belle-france-poster-johnson-andrew/
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