Kent Map Battle Of Britain WWII Ernest Clegg

Original vintage post-World War Two map poster for Kent Battle of Britain 1940-1941 featuring a colourful design by Ernest Costain Clegg (1876-1954) of the county in south east England with illustrations of notable tourist locations including the historic Archbishopric of Canterbury cathedral City of Canterbury and coats of arms for Chatham, Maidstone and the Cinque Ports of Sandwich, Hythe, Dover, Hastings and New Romney as well as information on the successful evacuation from Dunkirk with a view of the White Cliffs of Dover and battleship at sea, British farms, industry, agriculture and food including markets, gardening, cattle, fruit, plantations, hops, orchards, dairy, sheep and oyster beds, and a quote by Winston Churchill dated 20 August 1940 - The gratitude of every home in our island, in our Empire and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the world war by prowess and by their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few - with roads, castles, trees and rivers marked. Dedicated by kind permission to The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill C.H. MP the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Elder Brother of Trinity House.Printed by John Waddington Ltd. One of a series produced for the Women's Land Army Benevolent Fund by Donald McCullogh. Horizontal. Good condition, creasing, staining, browning, small tears.