Hastings St Leonards William The Conqueror

Original antique travel poster advertising the historical South Coast towns of Hastings & St Leonards for Health Scenery & Sunshine all year round Four miles of parade & sea front - featuring a great design depicting a scenic seaside view entitled Hastings from the Castle 1911 looking over the Sussex resort town buildings from the trees on the hill towards the sandy beach with sailing boats and steamships at sea and the two piers in the distance with hills on the horizon, a coat of arms and smaller detailed image of St Leonards in the foreground showing people walking along the promenade by the flower gardens with a man on a bike cycling past a classic car and horse drawn carriage on the road in front of the houses, and a knight in armour holding a shield and sword framing the side with the description - William the Conqueror landed 1066 - below the bold stylised title lettering on the border with the railway and Channel crossing travel and prices detailed in an information box in French along the bottom - De Paris a Hastings ou a Saint Leonards par Rouen Dieppe et Newhaven / From Paris to Hastings or St Leonards via Rouen Dieppe and Newhaven. Good condition, restored folds, minor paper loss on margins and tears, backed on linen.