LT Country Joys Ealing Common

Original vintage London Transport travel poster - Country Joys from Ealing Common Station General Route 98 (Sunday Only) - featuring stunning artwork by the British artist Heather Perry (Herry; 1893-1962) showing people on a red rover open topped double decker bus with a sign on the side reading Traveller's Joy driving along a lane in the countryside with people enjoying the nature and outdoors by swimming and paddling, playing with a toy boat and fishing on a river, playing tennis and cricket, hiking, camping, feeding pigs with other farm animals including sheep and a cow in the fields, riding a horse and birdwatching, walking the dog and having a picnic under the shade of trees with chickens running by a Red Lion pub and the information below with the General logo and printed text in the bottom left corner reading - To Mark Finished on the Octave of All Saints 1929 Herry Perry. Ealing Common is located in West London designated a common land in 1866; the open area includes an avenue of chestnut trees, a closed park and a local protected conservation area. The Ealing Common underground station was opened in 1879. The Catholic Octave of All Saints takes place in November. Printed by The Dangerfield Printing Co., Ltd, London. Good condition, restored tears, restored paper losses, minor staining, backed on linen.