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168 - Affiche Ancienne Original vintage London General Omnibus Company travel advertising poster titled To Dorking By General, designed by the celebrated British landscape painter and graphic designer Walter E. Spradbery (1889-1969) to promote scenic leisure travel out of London to the Surrey countryside via omnibus Route 70. The painterly composition captures the sweeping, pastoral beauty of the Surrey Hills near Dorking; wild grass and blossoming pink wildflowers frame a winding river, backed by a rustic wooden fence and lush green meadows dotted with pink and green trees; a wooded hill reveals the striking white chalk face of Box Hill, with a rainbow arching through dynamic rain clouds. Printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. Lith. London. Fair condition, tears, paper losses, creasing, staining, folds. Country of issue: UK, designer: Walter E Spradbery, size (cm): 102x63, year of printing: 1929.
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Affiche Ancienne Original vintage London General Omnibus Company travel advertising poster titled To Dorking By General, designed by the celebrated British landscape painter and graphic designer Walter E. Spradbery (1889-1969) to promote scenic leisure travel out of London to the Surrey countryside via omnibus Route 70. The painterly composition captures the sweeping, pastoral beauty of the Surrey Hills near Dorking; wild grass and blossoming pink wildflowers frame a winding river, backed by a rustic wooden fence and lush green meadows dotted with pink and green trees; a wooded hill reveals the striking white chalk face of Box Hill, with a rainbow arching through dynamic rain clouds. Printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. Lith. London. Fair condition, tears, paper losses, creasing, staining, folds. Country of issue: UK, designer: Walter E Spradbery, size (cm): 102x63, year of printing: 1929.
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