BEA Airlines London Madrid Big Ben

Original vintage travel advertising poster issued by BEA - Lineas Aereas Britanicas - featuring a stunning design showing a plane flying from Madrid in Spain to Londres / London in England marked with red dots and showing sculptures from the two cities including the Fuente de Cibeles in Madrid and the Statue of Boadicea and Her Daughters in Westminster with an image of the Big Ben clock tower and the text A Todo Al Mundo / To The Whole World on a compass point in the background above, the bold title lettering with the BEA logo below. Created by the English sculptor and engineer Thomas Thornycroft (1815-1885), the bronze sculpture of Boudica is located on Westminster Bridge and depicts the Queen of the Celtic Iceni tribe on a horse drawn chariot, erected in 1902. The white marble sculpture on the Fountain of Cybele depicts the goddess Cybele riding a chariot pulled by two lions designed by the Spanish artist and architect Ventura Rodriguez (1717-1785) in 1780 and erected on the Plaza de Cibeles in 1895. British European Airways was a British airline operating services within the UK and to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East from 1946 to 1974 when it merged with BOAC to form British Airways. Good condition, restored tears, small restored paper losses, minor staining, backed on linen.