North Yorkshire Gallery

Saltburn-by-the-Sea, LNER poster, 1923-1947

Poster produced for London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to promote rail travel to Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar & Cleveland. Artwork by Henry George Gawthorn (1879-1941), who started out as an architect but later turned to pictorial art. He wrote several books on poster design and publicity and produced posters for LNER. He often inserted a self-portrait into many of his posters, complete with pince-nez and a panama hat

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Scarborough, LNER poster, 1939

Poster produced for London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to promote train services to Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Artwork by Fred Taylor (1875-1963), who was commissioned in 1930 to design four ceiling paintings for the Underwriting Room at Lloyd's and murals for Reed's Lacquer Room. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and other London galleries and worked for the Empire Marketing Board, LNER, London Transport and several shipping companies

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Knaresborough: Then and Now, LNER poster, c 1930s

Poster produced for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) to promote rail travel to Knaresborough in North Yorkshire. The poster is illustrated with two scenes of Mother Shipton's Cave in Knaresborough: one, in 1486, represents then and shows Mother Shipton, the famous prophetess, riding into her cave on a goat, while the second, representing now, shows an elegantly dressed tourist standing outside the cave's entrance. Artwork by Andrew Johnson

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