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Original Vintage Poster Ceylon Beach Picnic Sri Lanka Asia Holiday Travel Art

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Original vintage travel poster promoting Ceylon featuring a great illustration showing a lady in a traditional sari dress leaning against a palm tree on a sandy beach with people on holiday sunbathing and relaxing and swimming in the sea and two children building a sandcastle behind the group in the foreground enjoying a picnic in the shade of the tree below the blue sky with a building in the rocks in the distance. Located south of India in Asia Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) is an island in the Indian Ocean. Printed in England by Charles & Read Ltd London. Very good condition, minor restoration to folds and small tears, backed on linen.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 40.16 in (102 cm)Width: 25.2 in (64 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1940s
  • Condition:
    Additions or alterations made to the original: Minor restoration to folds and small tears, backed on linen. Very good condition, minor restoration to folds and small tears, backed on linen.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1012627118922
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