Trossachs Booklovers Britain Loch Katrine Scotland Rob Roy LNER

£750.00

Original vintage railway travel poster - The Booklovers' Britain The Trossachs - issued by LNER / London & North Eastern Railway of England and Scotland featuring a colourful design by one of England's leading poster artists Austin Cooper (1890-1964) depicting soldiers in the Scottish countryside with a lake and trees on the hillside framed by a black border, the stylised title above and text below reading: MacGregor's men prepare to ambush the Military beside Loch Katrine "Rob Roy" next to the text It's Quicker By Rail inside a yellow and orange circle and the railway text along the bottom. The Trossachs is a wooded area of glens, hills and lochs located in the Scottish Highlands with Loch Katrine to the west; the legendary Scottish folk hero Robert Roy MacGregor (1671-1734) was born at the head of the lake. Printed in Great Britain by Mccorquodale and Co Ltd. Good condition, restored folds, backed on linen.

Country

UK

Year

1930

Style

Travel Posters

Artist

Austin Cooper

Size (cm)

102x63