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"Discover the beauty of Cornwall through vintage poster art

Background imagePoster Art Collection: France: French Federation of Basque Pelot advertising poster, 1924

France: French Federation of Basque Pelot advertising poster, 1924

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Summer at Miho Peninsula, Nagoya Rail Agency, c. 1933 Nakayama Taiyodo, c. 1922

Japan: Summer at Miho Peninsula, Nagoya Rail Agency, c. 1933 Nakayama Taiyodo, c. 1922
Miho no Matsubara (õ©ëõ┐Ø??µØ¥Õă Miho Pine Grove) is a scenic area on the Miho Peninsula in Shimizu Ward of Shizuoka City, Japan. Its seven-kilometre seashore is lined with pine trees

Background imagePoster Art Collection: China (Manchukuo / Japan): South Manchuria Railway Company advertising poster, c. 1930

China (Manchukuo / Japan): South Manchuria Railway Company advertising poster, c. 1930
The South Manchuria Railway was built as a part of the Chinese Eastern Railway in 1898-1903 by Imperial Russia according to the Russian-Chinese convention and the Convention of Peking 1860

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Hikifuda advertising poster for a grocery and fishmonger featuring a Japanese man in a

Japan: Hikifuda advertising poster for a grocery and fishmonger featuring a Japanese man in a violet kimono, dated Taisho Year 6 or 1917

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Advertising poster for Sapporo Beer featuring a young woman, c. 1910

Japan: Advertising poster for Sapporo Beer featuring a young woman, c. 1910

Background imagePoster Art Collection: India: See India'Darjeeling - At a Lama Dance, vintage travel poster, Government of India

India: See India'Darjeeling - At a Lama Dance, vintage travel poster, Government of India
India: See India Darjeeling - At a Lama Dance, vintage travel poster, Government of India. Victor Veevers (1903 - 1970), Bombay, 1934. Darjeeling is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal

Background imagePoster Art Collection: France: Advertisement for Sandales Gouik'featuring a Pelote Basque player, c. 1925

France: Advertisement for Sandales Gouik'featuring a Pelote Basque player, c. 1925
France: Advertisement for Sandales Gouik featuring a Pelote Basque player, c. 1925

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Hikifuda advertising poster promoting a wine shop. Late Meiji (1868-1912), c. 1900

Japan: Hikifuda advertising poster promoting a wine shop. Late Meiji (1868-1912), c. 1900

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Advertising calendar for Osaka Shosen Kaisha (Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company), Kobe, 1921

Japan: Advertising calendar for Osaka Shosen Kaisha (Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company), Kobe, 1921
Osaka Mercantile Steamship poster featuring a kimono-clad young woman and the company flag

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Hikifuda advertising poster for a pharmacy. Late Meiji (1868-1912), c. 1900

Japan: Hikifuda advertising poster for a pharmacy. Late Meiji (1868-1912), c. 1900

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Advertising poster for Sakura Beer featuring a woman in a kimono, Tsunetomi Kitano, 1913

Japan: Advertising poster for Sakura Beer featuring a woman in a kimono, Tsunetomi Kitano, 1913

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Russia / Soviet Union: Advertising poster for the Leningrad Festival of Arts, June 1-10, 1935

Russia / Soviet Union: Advertising poster for the Leningrad Festival of Arts, June 1-10, 1935. Nikolay Zhukov, 1935
Art Deco is an influential visual arts design style that first appeared in France after World War I and began flourishing internationally in the 1920s

Background imagePoster Art Collection: France: Poster advertisement for Cafe Collas (Collas Coffee), Pearls from the Indes

France: Poster advertisement for Cafe Collas (Collas Coffee), Pearls from the Indes, the Best of all Coffees
This orientalist poster was designed in 1927 for the Collas coffee house. Rene Honore Collas founded the company, producing some of the best coffee in France

Background imagePoster Art Collection: USA / Japan: Miss Tokio Hosiery'poster advertisement, 1927

USA / Japan: Miss Tokio Hosiery'poster advertisement, 1927
Orientalism is a term used by art historians, literary and cultural studies scholars for the imitation or depiction of aspects of Middle Eastern

Background imagePoster Art Collection: India: Advertising poster for Sunlight Soap featuring Vishnu and companions. 1930

India: Advertising poster for Sunlight Soap featuring Vishnu and companions. 1930
Vishnu (Vi£ß╣çu) is the Supreme God of Vaishnavism, one of the three main sects of Hinduism. Vishnu is also known as Narayana and Hari. Laksmi is the wife of Vishnu

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Tokyo's Gleaming Sights'. Travel poster for Tokyo showing paper lantern with cherry blossoms

Japan: Tokyo's Gleaming Sights'. Travel poster for Tokyo showing paper lantern with cherry blossoms
Tokyo (µØ▒õ║¼ T┼ìky┼ì, Eastern Capital') is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Advertising poster for Calpis Beverage'(a cultured milk drink), 1928

Japan: Advertising poster for Calpis Beverage'(a cultured milk drink), 1928
Calpis ('Karupisu') is a Japanese uncarbonated soft drink, manufactured by Calpis Co. Ltd. headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. Calpis Co. is a subsidiary of Ajinomoto

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Advertising poster for Puraton Ink. Nakayama Taiyodo, c. 1922

Japan: Advertising poster for Puraton Ink. Nakayama Taiyodo, c. 1922
Between the end of the First World War in 1918 and the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, Japanese graphic design as represented in advertsing posters

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Belgium: Biscuits & Chocolat Delacre'Art Nouveau advertising poster, Henri Privat-Livemont, 1897

Belgium: Biscuits & Chocolat Delacre'Art Nouveau advertising poster, Henri Privat-Livemont, 1897
Henri Privat-Livemont (1861-1936) was an artist born in Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium. He is best known for his Art Nouveau posters

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Advertising poster for Cascade Beer, c. 1930

Japan: Advertising poster for Cascade Beer, c. 1930
Four men in silhouette extol Extra Cascade Beer from the Kotobukiya Brewery in Yokohama

Background imagePoster Art Collection: UK / Japan: Advertising poster for Horniman's Tea featuring a Japanese woman in a kimono, c. 1900

UK / Japan: Advertising poster for Horniman's Tea featuring a Japanese woman in a kimono, c. 1900
UK/Japan: Advertising poster for Horniman's Tea featuring a Japanese woman in a kimono, c. 1900

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Malaysia / Singapore: Framed advertsing poster for Tiger Beer Tenaga Berganda'(For Energy), c. 1960

Malaysia / Singapore: Framed advertsing poster for Tiger Beer Tenaga Berganda'(For Energy), c. 1960
Malaysia/Singapore: Framed advertsing poster for Tiger Beer Tenaga Berganda (For Energy), c. 1960

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Belgium: Bitter Oriental'Art Nouveau advertising poster, Henri Privat-Livemont, 1897

Belgium: Bitter Oriental'Art Nouveau advertising poster, Henri Privat-Livemont, 1897
Henri Privat-Livemont (1861-1936) was an artist born in Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium. He is best known for his Art Nouveau posters

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Advertising poster for Savings Bonds. Teinshinsho, c. 1922

Japan: Advertising poster for Savings Bonds. Teinshinsho, c. 1922
Advertisement for Japanese Postal Savings Bank featuring lillies

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Advertisement for liquid pomade from Matsuura Cosmerics, Bitaol, 1937

Japan: Advertisement for liquid pomade from Matsuura Cosmerics, Bitaol, 1937
This 1937 adveritisement represents a moga or modern girl as envisaged in Japan in the 1930s. Taken from the Weekly Asahi (Rising Sun)

Background imagePoster Art Collection: France: L'Ermitage Revue Illustre'Art Nouveau advertising poster, Paul Emile Berthon, 1897

France: L'Ermitage Revue Illustre'Art Nouveau advertising poster, Paul Emile Berthon, 1897
Paul Emile Berthon (1872-1909) was a French artist who produced primarily posters and lithographs. Berthon's work is in the style of Art Nouveau, much like his contemporary Alphonse Mucha

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Towards Matsujima'. Sendai Rail Bureau, 1930s

Japan: Towards Matsujima'. Sendai Rail Bureau, 1930s
Sendai (??ÕÅ░Õ©é Sendai-shi) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the T┼ìhoku region

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Mountains! Mountains! The Mountains Invite You! Osaka Railway Agency, 1930s

Japan: Mountains! Mountains! The Mountains Invite You! Osaka Railway Agency, 1930s
Osaka (ÕñºÚÿ¬ ┼îsaka) is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Advertising poster for Sakura Beer, c. 1925

Japan: Advertising poster for Sakura Beer, c. 1925
Inexplicably, a giant elephant holds a bottle of Sakura beer with its trunk and stands on its back legs, while masses of people jubilate

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Advertising poster for Tokio Beer, c. 1900

Japan: Advertising poster for Tokio Beer, c. 1900
Cheerful moustachioed man advocating the excellence of Tokio Beer while a cherub hovers overhead with another bottle

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Advertising poster for Shiseido Cosmetics, Ginza, Tokyo, 1950s

Japan: Advertising poster for Shiseido Cosmetics, Ginza, Tokyo, 1950s

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Beautiful Japan, advertising poster for Japan Government Railways, Japan Tourist Bureau, c

Japan: Beautiful Japan, advertising poster for Japan Government Railways, Japan Tourist Bureau, c. 1925

Background imagePoster Art Collection: USA: USA Bonds - Third Liberty Loan Campaign - Boy Scouts of America Weapons for liberty

USA: USA Bonds - Third Liberty Loan Campaign - Boy Scouts of America Weapons for liberty
World War I (WWI or WW1 or World War One), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918

Background imagePoster Art Collection: France: L Ermitage Revue Illustre Art Nouveau advertising poster, Paul Emile Berthon, 1897

France: L Ermitage Revue Illustre Art Nouveau advertising poster, Paul Emile Berthon, 1897
Paul Emile Berthon (1872-1909) was a French artist who produced primarily posters and lithographs. Berthons work is in the style of Art Nouveau, much like his contemporary Alphonse Mucha

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Belgium: Biscuits & Chocolat Delacre Art Nouveau advertising poster, Henri Privat-Livemont, 1897

Belgium: Biscuits & Chocolat Delacre Art Nouveau advertising poster, Henri Privat-Livemont, 1897
Henri Privat-Livemont (1861-1936) was an artist born in Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium. He is best known for his Art Nouveau posters

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Belgium: Bitter Oriental Art Nouveau advertising poster, Henri Privat-Livemont, 1897

Belgium: Bitter Oriental Art Nouveau advertising poster, Henri Privat-Livemont, 1897
Henri Privat-Livemont (1861-1936) was an artist born in Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium. He is best known for his Art Nouveau posters

Background imagePoster Art Collection: France: Poster for Le Chat Noir, Paris, by Theophile Steinlen, 1896

France: Poster for Le Chat Noir, Paris, by Theophile Steinlen, 1896
Le Chat Noir (French for The Black Cat ) was a nineteenth-century entertainment establishment, in the bohemian Montmartre district of Paris

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Tokyos Gleaming Sights. Travel poster for Tokyo showing paper lantern with cherry blossoms

Japan: Tokyos Gleaming Sights. Travel poster for Tokyo showing paper lantern with cherry blossoms and modern
Tokyo (µØ▒õ║¼ T┼ìky┼ì, Eastern Capital ) is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: A young woman in a blue kimono holding a sake bottle. Nippon Shuzō Kabushiki Kaisha, c

Japan: A young woman in a blue kimono holding a sake bottle. Nippon Shuzō Kabushiki Kaisha, c. 1916
Between the end of the First World War in 1918 and the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, Japanese graphic design as represented in advertsing posters

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Japanese woman in traditional dress advertising refined sugar. Tokyo, 1914

Japan: Japanese woman in traditional dress advertising refined sugar. Tokyo, 1914
Produced by Dai Nippon Seitō Kabushiki Kaisha sugar manufacture and refining company, Tokyo

Background imagePoster Art Collection: UK / United Kingdom: World War II Dig For Victory propaganda poster, c. 1942

UK / United Kingdom: World War II Dig For Victory propaganda poster, c. 1942
One of the most memorable campaigns during World War Two, was the Dig for Victory campaign. Any piece of land that could be turned over to the use of growing fruit and vegetables was made use of

Background imagePoster Art Collection: UK: Britain Needs You At Once. First World War recruitment poster featuring a British George

UK: Britain Needs You At Once. First World War recruitment poster featuring a British George
The story of Saint George and the Dragon appended to the hagiography of Saint George was Eastern in origin, brought back with the Crusaders

Background imagePoster Art Collection: England / UK: Lure of the Undergound, Alfred Leete, Underground Electric Railway Company, London

England / UK: Lure of the Undergound, Alfred Leete, Underground Electric Railway Company, London, 1927
Alfred Ambrose Chew Leete (1882-1933) was a British graphic artist. Born at Thorpe Achurch, Northamptonshire, he studied at Kingsholme School, Weston-super-Mare

Background imagePoster Art Collection: India: Visit India, State Railways of India advertising poster, 1930s

India: Visit India, State Railways of India advertising poster, 1930s
Early art poster published by the State Railways of India advertising travel and tourism to India, 1930s

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Cover of Affiches (posters) magazine, August 1927

Japan: Cover of Affiches (posters) magazine, August 1927
Between the end of the First World War in 1918 and the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, Japanese graphic design as represented in advertsing posters

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Poster advertisement for the NYK Line steamship company, 1916

Japan: Poster advertisement for the NYK Line steamship company, 1916
Cherry blossom and castle epitomise the aesthetic appeal of Japan in the 1916 NYK Line steamship poster

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Poster advertisement for the Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company, 1916

Japan: Poster advertisement for the Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company, 1916
The Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company, in the form of a gigantic sumo wrestler, bestrides the trade routes of the world in this 1916 advertising poster

Background imagePoster Art Collection: Japan: Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Retreat of Spirits. Advertising poster for Japanese

Japan: Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Retreat of Spirits. Advertising poster for Japanese Government Railways, c
Kirishima-Yaku National Park (Ú£ºÕ│ÂÕ▒ï...Õø¢þ½ï... Kirishima-Yaku Kokuritsu K┼ìen) is a national park in Ky┼½sh┼½, Japan




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"Discover the beauty of Cornwall through vintage poster art. 🌊🎨✨ Step back in time to 1938 with this GWR poster, showcasing the breathtaking landscapes and charm of Cornwall. Embark on Downland Rambles in the 1950s with a BR poster, immersing yourself in picturesque countryside walks. Aberdeen - The Silver City by the Sea invites you to explore its coastal wonders between 1923-1947, as depicted in an enchanting LMS/LNER poster. Transport yourself to Swanage circa 1955 with a vibrant BR poster that captures the essence of this seaside gem. Weston-super-Mare comes alive from 1948-1965 through a captivating BR poster, enticing visitors to its sandy shores and lively attractions. Experience railway history firsthand with a British Railways (BR) poster depicting a dedicated worker manually operating trains. Dive into Loch Lomond's scenic splendor during the 1940s through an evocative LNER and LMS collaboration. Aberdeen serves as your gateway to Royal Deeside between 1923-1947 according to an alluring LNER/LMS masterpiece. Witness York blooming in Daffodil Time thanks to a charming BR poster from 1950, capturing the city's springtime allure. Immerse yourself in York's historic streets with an elegant LNER depiction from the bustling era of c1930s at The Shambles. Embark on a visual journey across Yorkshire via Pictorial Map of Yorkshire –a stunning BR creation from 1949– unveiling hidden gems and iconic landmarks throughout this diverse county. " Step into these vintage posters and let them transport you back in time while igniting your wanderlust for these remarkable destinations.