Come to Britain for Yachting poster with sailing boats in a sheltered coastal bay.

Come to Britain for Yachting, 1948?

AN EXQUISITE original vintage poster from the late 1940s featuring a painting of yachts in an estuary by the Australian-born marine artist Arthur Burgess (1879-1957).

Size
75.5cm x 50cm

Condition
Pinholes in the corners and minor wrinkling on the margins. Otherwise very good. If you would like to know more please get in touch.

Background
This is one of a series of general British travel posters said to have been issued to coincide with the 1948 Olympic Games in London. The location of the scene is not identified. Burgess had strong associations with the south-west of England but is known to have painted all over the country. The poster was issued by the Travel Association of Great Britain and printed by W.S. Cowell.

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