Edward Barnard Lintott Affiche Ancienne Original vintage Empire Marketing Board poster - A Sudan Cotton Field - featuring workers in the cotton plant plantation with huts under the tall palm trees in the distance. Artwork by Edward Barnard Lintott (1875-1951). Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Waterlow & Sons, London, Dunstable & Watford. The Empire Marketing Board was formed in May 1926 by Colonial Secretary Leo Amery to promote intra-Empire trade and to persuade consumers to 'Buy Empire'. It was established as a substitute for tariff reform and protectionist legislation and this is why it was eventually abolished in 1933, as a system of imperial preference replaced free trade. During its brief existence, the Empire Marketing Board was unsuccessful in raising Britain's imports of products from the Empire. Horizontal. Fair condition, creasing, tears, pinholes, staining, paper losses. Country of issue: UK, designer: Edward Barnard Lintott, size (cm): 51x77, year of printing: 1930s.