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Brownbridge (flourished 1930s - 1940s)
Continental Cookery Radiation cooker brochure design
Gouache 21.5 x 14 cm From a small archive of works by Brownbridge, a member of the Society of Industrial Artists. A beautiful original gouache design for a brochure of continental recipes, created to advertise Radiation cookers (innovative gas cookers which were sold in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s). Brownbridge's brightly-coloured design includes boldly slanted text in pink and turquoise, set over a deep blue background; he also highlights architectural gems of Europe, such as the Eiffel Tower. By cooking with a Radiation cooker, the cover suggests, you too can experience the cultural and culinary delights of Europe from the comfort of your own home. Society of Industrial Artists correspondance (photographed above) is not included; please enquire separately. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other designs by Brownbridge. -
Brownbridge (flourished 1930s - 1940s)
Fletcher Gas Fires brochure design (1937)
Lithographic brochure 21.5 x 14 cm From a small archive of works by Brownbridge, a member of the Society of Industrial Artists. An original gouache design for a brochure advertising Fletcher Russell and Co. gas fires. The futuristic style of the boldly blue-, black-, and orange-coloured poster, as well as the dynamic diamond-shaped badge containing the initials F and R (for Fletcher and Russell) combine to make this a highly modern piece of 1930s design. Society of Industrial Artists correspondance (photographed above) is not included; please enquire separately. Condition: generally very good; gentle crease to top right corner. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other designs by Brownbridge. -
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Concorde
Original vintage poster 102 x 64 cm A striking poster advertising the glamorous Concorde aircraft for British Airways. Concorde entered service in 1976 with Air France from Paris-Roissy and British Airways from London Heathrow. Condition: very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Clifford and Rosemary Ellis
It Is Better To Return Early
Lithographic poster 102 x 61 cm Printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd for London Transport. This original vintage poster was designed for London Transport and encourages shoppers to head home earlier in the day to avoid congestion on the London Underground and buses. The well-heeled customers in the poster sport smart 1930s shoes, and jostle against their purchases (a Father Christmas puppet and red-berried holly leaves mark the design as published in time for Christmas). The pinstripe-suited gentleman's newspaper serves as the background for the first line of the poster's text, which is slanted in the synthetic cubist style (synthetic cubists were keen to explore collage in their work, often employing collage, especially of newsprint). London Transport was the forerunner of London Underground. During the 1930s London Transport commissioned over forty posters a year from well-known artists such as Laura Knight, CRW Nevinson, Edward Wadsworth, Eric Ravilious, Paul Nash, Graham Sutherland, and Edward McKnight Kauffer – a bold policy that did much to popularise avant-garde artistic styles that stemmed from Cubism, Futurism and Abstraction. Condition: very good, backed to linen. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other works by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. -
after Dorothy Wilding (1893 - 1976)
The Coronation Regalia (1953)
Original vintage poster 75 x 50 cm Issued by the National Savings Committee, London, the Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh, and the Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast. Crown Copyright Reserved. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Waterloo & Sons Limited, London and Dunstable. A fantastic piece of royalist British history. The famous portrait photographer Dorothy Wilding captured Queen Elizabeth II at her Coronation in 1952 - the photograph, used as the centrepiece of this poster, was also used on Britain's postage stamps until 1967. This particular poster was designed to be a Coronation souvenir, and features all the regalia and trappings of the United Kingdom's coronation ceremony, including crown, sword, orb, and sceptres, to name a few. The poster's margins are decorated with portraits of Britain's monarchs past, dating back to William the Conqueror. The National Savings Movement was a government-backed savings movement which began during the First World War to finance the government's wartime deficit. Savings products promoted by the movement typically offered a low level of return but the safety of a government guarantee. Various poster designs were issued by the movement to encourage ordinary people to save - we have several different designs in stock. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other National Savings posters. -
José Ortega (1921 - 1990)
"Don Quixote" Espagne
Original vintage poster c. 1960 99 x 65 cm Printed in Barcelona for the Publications de la Direccion General del Turismo. Ortega's poster is an abstract depiction Don Quixote (the Spanish hero written by Miguel de Cervantes), complete with his distinctive hat and spear. Ortega designed the poster for the Spanish tourist board, using an illustrious figure from Spain's literary heritage to encourage people to visit Spain. José García Ortega was born in Arroba de los Montes and was a member of the Communist Party. He worked as a painter and sculptor, studying at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. In 1953 he went to France to study art, funded by a French government scholarship. He returned to Spain throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and became a commercially successful artist. Some of his most famous designs include the posters which the Spanish tourist board commissioned from him circa 1960. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for more original vintage travel posters. -
Mario Puppo (1905 - 1977)
Santo Stefano d'Aveto
Original vintage poster 97 x 68 cm Produced circa 1955 for Italian Railways. Mario Puppo's poster advertising the Italian ski resort of Santo Stefano d'Aveto. The figure of a skier reaches upward in triumph; behind her, a vintage ski lift makes its way up the mountain and a blue-clad skier tackles the piste. Mario Puppo was born in Levanto, Italy, and worked in a studio in Chiavari. He designed leaflets advertising skiing and beach resorts, which gained popularity in the 1930s. By the 1940s his poster designs were being featured in the Milan Advertising Graphics show. Throughout the 1940s he designed covers for catalogues, leaflets, playbills, music scores and records, as well as producing more travel posters for public and private Italian companies. Condition: backed to linen; frame included for UK mainland only (excluding Cornwall, Highlands and Islands - where further shipping charges may apply). If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for more original vintage posters. -
Guy Georget (1911 - 1992)
Espagne - Riders
Original vintage poster 100 x 62 cm One of Georget's fantastic posters designed for the Spanish tourist board. Three riders in traditional dress, with the ladies riding side-saddle, and one with sherry in hand, pose mounted in front of a red and white striped background. The bold, bright colours make the poster typically Georget. Guy Georget was a commercial designer; most of his poster designs were published in the late 1940s. Hired by the tourist boards in their post-war spree of tourism encouragement, Georget designed posters influenced by the styles of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Condition: generally very good; a few tiny repaired edge tears. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for more original vintage travel posters. -
Coronation Arrangements - Map of London (1953)
Lithograph 45 x 60 cm (unfolded) Published by London Transport for the Coronation of Elizabeth II, this delightfully-coloured map illustrates the route taken by the Queen when she was crowned in 1953. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Coronation Arrangements - Map of London (1937)
Lithograph 45 x 60 cm (unfolded) Published by London Transport for the Coronation of George VI, this map illustrates the route the King took in 1936. And best of all, it's just (almost!) as useful in today's London. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Guy Georget (1911 - 1992)
Espagne - Pilgrims
Original vintage poster 100 x 62 cm One of the fantastic posters Georget designed for the Spanish tourist board. Two pilgrims progress towards a typically Spanish church; Georget makes uses vibrant tones of bright blue, pink, and yellow to illustrate the scene. Guy Georget was a commercial designer; most of his poster designs were published in the late 1940s. Hired by the tourist boards in their post-war spree of tourism encouragement, Georget designed posters influenced by the styles of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Condition: generally very good; a few repaired edge tears including one at the top c. 80mm, one to left side c. 25 mm. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for more original vintage travel posters. -
Adelboden
Original vintage poster 104 x 63 cm A fantastic original vintage poster advertising the Swiss ski resort of Adelboden, tucked away in the Bernese Oberland. Printed in Switzerland by Brügger AG. The photograph was taken by the Swiss photographers Emanuel Gyger and Arnold Klopfenstein. The pair were renowned for their captivating skiing images. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for more original vintage skiing posters. -
Keep It Dark (1939 - 1945)
Lithographic poster 25 x 31 cm Sponsored by Her Majesty's Stationery Office; printed by Perry Colourprint. A copy of this poster is held by the Imperial War Museum. This poster, bearing lyrics designed to be sung to the tune of "She'll be coming round the mountain", was designed for the Ministry of Information during the Second World War. It urges the population to avoid talking carelessly about details of Britain's operational movements, which might unwittingly end up in the wrong hands. Condition: good. Some small losses to extreme margins. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
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Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (1887 - 1965)
Careless Talk Costs Lives (circa 1940)
Lithographic poster 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 8 in) Version printed on thinner paper. Fougasse was a British cartoonist. He was art editor of Punch between 1937 and 1949, and subsequently editor until 1953. He is best known for his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ series of posters, and the other posters for the Ministry of Information and London Transport. As the Second World War progressed, the Ministry of Information’s poster campaign had become less and less effective. There were posters instructing the population to save old clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and carry on. With this instruction overload, the population had ceased paying attention to the posters. Fougasse noticed this, and offered his services unpaid to the Ministry of Information, with a view to bringing a touch of humour to the posters. His amusing designs with pithy captions, reminiscent of newspaper cartoons, helped to get the Ministry's messages across in a novel way. Fougasse's distinctive poster style, with the red border, was subsequently adopted by other Ministry artists. Condition: if you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (1887 - 1965)
Careless Talk Costs Lives (circa 1940)
Lithographic poster 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 8 in) Version printed on thinner paper. Fougasse was a British cartoonist. He was art editor of Punch between 1937 and 1949, and subsequently editor until 1953. He is best known for his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ series of posters, and the other posters for the Ministry of Information and London Transport. As the Second World War progressed, the Ministry of Information’s poster campaign had become less and less effective. There were posters instructing the population to save old clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and carry on. With this instruction overload, the population had ceased paying attention to the posters. Fougasse noticed this, and offered his services unpaid to the Ministry of Information, with a view to bringing a touch of humour to the posters. His amusing designs with pithy captions, reminiscent of newspaper cartoons, helped to get the Ministry's messages across in a novel way. Fougasse's distinctive poster style, with the red border, was subsequently adopted by other Ministry artists. Condition: if you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
