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Sentinels of Britain's Beauty

Poster
1926 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London and North Eastern Railway (issuer)
Mason, Frank Henry (R.I.) (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

One of a series of three colour lithograph posters depicting lighthouses in Britain. This poster depicts a white lighthouse on the rocky coastline of The Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Scotland
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • Sentinels of Britain's Beauty (series title)
  • Ardnamurchan Point and Islands of Eigg and Rum
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Ardnamurchan Point and Islands of Eigg and Rum'. One of a series of three colour lithograph posters, entitled 'Sentinels of Britain's Beauty', depicting lighthouses in Britain. Designed by Frank Henry Mason and issued by the London and North Eastern Railway, Great Britain, 1926.
Physical description
One of a series of three colour lithograph posters depicting lighthouses in Britain. This poster depicts a white lighthouse on the rocky coastline of The Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.3cm
  • Width: 62.5cm
Measurements 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.
Credit line
Given by the London and North Eastern Railway Co., Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Tourism
Island
Coast
Lighthouse
Places depicted
Scottish Highlands
The Hebrides
Associated objects
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 and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1926, London: Board of Education, 1927.
Other number
26/E9 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2000-1926

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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