North Yorkshire Gallery

Harrogate: Come for Health, Stay for Pleasure, LNER poster, 1930

Poster produced for the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), promoting rail travel to the spa town of Harrogate, in Yorkshire, showing theatre-goers seated in the opulent auditorium of the Royal Hall (also known as the Kursaal), watching a performance. Artwork by Fred Taylor (1875-1963). Printed by Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd, Lithographers, Leeds. Dimensions: 1016mm x 1270mm

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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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Ingleton: The Land of Waterfalls, LMS poster, 1923-1947

Poster produced by London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) to promote rail travel to Ingleton, Durham, the Land of Waterfalls, where there were some recently discovered caverns. The poster shows a view of a large waterfall. Some people can be seen on the rocks near where the water is falling, while a man can be seen helping a woman onto a rock in the calm waters of the foreground. Artwork by F Whatley

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