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Original Vintage British Railways Train Travel Poster Cornwall Pictorial Map UK

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Original vintage British Railways poster for Cornwall in South West England featuring a fun and colourful pictorial map depicting historical myths, legends and events, notable people including the first Duke of Cornwall Edward The Black Prince and King Arthur, coats of arms of Falmouth Bodmin Launceston Truro and Cornwall, fish and sailing boats at sea, people on holiday swimming and playing with a beach ball, seagulls, fishermen and shipwrecks, a mermaid, pirates, a pixie and a ghost of a white rabbit, an artist with a easel, devils, a wizard and a witch flying on a broomstick, Giant Bolster hurling a boulder, castles, St Michael's Mount, the hills, cliffs and beaches, various other places of interest with the train route marked in red with small black and white images next to towns and villages, the title in a decorated scroll above with the British Railways logo inside a compass marker below. Printed by N. Lloyd & Co, London. Published by the British Railways Western Region. Horizontal. Large size. Good condition, tape on corners, creasing, staining.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 40.16 in (102 cm)Width: 49.61 in (126 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    1950s
  • Condition:
    Good condition, tape on corners, creasing, staining.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1012639767882
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