"L.N.E.R. - Skegness Is So Bracing, 1908" A4 Glossy Vintage Railway Poster Art Print

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"L.N.E.R. - Skegness Is So Bracing, 1908" A4 Glossy Vintage Railway Poster Art Print

"L.N.E.R. - Skegness Is So Bracing, 1908" A4 Glossy Vintage Railway Poster Art Print

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A little earlier, in 1907, the illustrator’s poster for Blackpool depicted one small girl on a deserted beach — no slogan, no visible amusements. Sozzled or not, our spirited bather brings joy and amusement through her lighthearted antics on the sandy shores of Skegness. He decided to leave Canada behind and enrolled at art school in Antwerp, also spending six months studying at the prestigious Academie Julian in Paris. This 100% cotton rag fibre paper is known for its exceptional image sharpness, rich colors, and high level of detail, making it a popular choice for professional photographers and artists.

Teeming with detail and activity, the painting was eventually bought by Queen Victoria, who had fond memories of visiting Ramsgate with her mother between 1825 and 1836. The original fisherman has been playfully replaced by a flame-haired woman with a mischievous grin, donning a vibrant red bathing costume. If John Hassall was king of poster artists, then Donald McGill was undoubtedly king of the saucy seaside postcard. By 1894, Hassall was married and had set up home and studio at 88, Kensington Park Road in Notting Hill.Whilst poster paper is sometimes thinner and less durable than our other paper types, they are still ok for framing and should last many years. During the 1890s, a new type of artistic poster was taking Europe and the US by storm, turning the advertising hoardings of towns and cities into what was dubbed ‘the poor man’s picture gallery’ and whipping up a ‘poster-mania’ that saw a craze for collecting among connoisseurs.

Hassall’s poster featuring the now-famous Jolly Fisherman, coupled with the strapline “Skegness is SO bracing” promoted the first excursion to Scarborough from King’s Cross in London. An early member and later President of the London Sketch Club, he founded the New Art School (later the Hassall School of Art), which he ran for twenty years. Explore the pleasures and pastimes of the British seaside through these classic posters, charting the history of holidays at home. This print from Mary Evans Picture Library transports us back in time to an era when laughter was abundant on seaside holidays. There are different versions of the travel poster but the fisherman and slogan are always part of the design with the original painting hanging in the town hall at Skegness.Our blog takes you behind the scenes at the National Railway Museum, from how we care for our world-class collections and the latest discoveries from our archives to what we've got planned for the future. The combination of comedy and parody makes it impossible not to smile at this playful interpretation. Our historic prints reflect the age and quality of the original artwork we hold to preserve their artistic character, including authentic colour reproduction, marks and creases.

To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. The Jolly Fisherman was created by one of the most influential illustrators of the early twentieth century, John Hassall, for a commission by GNR (Great Northern Railway). This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. In 1989 a Jolly Fisherman statue, based on the Hassall’s figure featured on the famous poster, was erected in Compass Gardens. The seaside featured frequently in his humorous drawings for magazines and the many children’s picture books he illustrated, such as Our Diary: or Teddy and Me (1905), which features children in a boat with a rotund fisherman.

Please note: Photos are required for me to make a damage claim with Royal Mail and will help me to resolve your refund as quickly as possible. Now seen as synonymous with Skegness, the Jolly Fisherman started life on a poster with the slogan, ‘Skegness is so bracing’, which has become one of the most enduring tourism posters ever. In 1908, London's various Underground railways agreed to publicise their companies as part of a complete system.



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