Kent Gallery

TS Invicta leaving Dover, SR poster, 1946

Poster produced for Southern Railway (SR) to promote sea services to the Continent on the Golden Arrow short sea route. The poster shows a view of the TS Invicta leaving the port of Dover in Kent, with the white cliffs of Dover seen in the background. Artwork by Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971), who studied art at Portsmouth and Southsea Schools of Art. A famous marine painter, he designed posters for several railway companies and organised the Royal Academy series of posters for the London & Midlands Railway (LMR) in 1924

© Please read our licence terms. All digital images must be destroyed unless otherwise agreed in writing.

SS Canterbury, c 1929

Gessowork painting showing the SS Canterbury of 1929 - 64 which was built to carry 300 First Class passengers on the Dover - Calais leg of the famous Golden Arrow London - Paris through train.
Many British railway companies ran ferry services to the continent. The SS Canterbury carried travellers journeying between London and Paris across the English Channel, sailing between Dover and Calais. The original entered service for the South Eastern & Chatham Railway Company in 1901, and continued to carry passengers across the Channel until she was sold in 1926

© Please read our licence terms. All digital images must be destroyed unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Canterbury, BR poster, 1952

Poster produced by British Railways (BR) to promote rail travel to Canterbury, Kent. The poster shows the state visit of Queen Elizabeth to Canterbury in 1573, on the occasion of her fortieth birthday. Queen Elizabeth is shown with her retinue inside Canterbury Cathedral. Artwork by Claude Buckle (1905-1973), who originally trained as an architect, but later turned to pictorial art. He painted in both oil and watercolour and was a prolific poster artist for Great Western Railway (GWR) and BR. Much of his original poster artwork is held at the National Railway Museum

© Please read our licence terms. All digital images must be destroyed unless otherwise agreed in writing.