{"product_id":"pt4831-southern-railway-southampton-docks-the-gateway-of-the-world","title":"Southern Railway Southampton Docks The Gateway Of The World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal vintage British maritime travel poster - The Gateway of the World Southern Railway Southampton Docks - featuring a colourful design by the notable commercial artist Shep (Charles Shepherd; 1892-1971) depicting a map of The Solent, Southampton Water, Spithead, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight with stylised mythical fish illustrations between the coat of arms of Southern Railway and a Union Jack flag representing the British Empire around the bold title text in scrolls above, lines of bright yellow sun rays leading from Southampton Docks in the centre of a compass point to two rows of flags* of the leading seafaring nations in the world curved below including New Zealand, Portugal, Greece, Australia, Argentina, Canada, Japan, Belgium, United States, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, France, Norway, China, Brazil, Thailand, United Kingdom, Egypt and Iraq, with an ocean liner and galleon ships sailing on a blue wavy sea at the bottom, the frame around the image with decorative ribbons labelled with the continents of Europe, Asia, Polar Regions, South America, Oceania, North America and Africa. (*Note the historic period variants of the 48 star flag of USA, the military Rising Sun flag of Japan, the Republic of China flag and the official swastika national flag of Nazi Germany.) Printed by Sanders Phillips and Co. Ltd., The Baynard Press, Chryssel Road, London. Large size. Horizontal. Good condition, restored tears, restored creasing, staining, backed on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AntikBar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48812914049273,"sku":"PT4831","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/7613\/0553\/files\/PT4831.jpg?v=1786622837","url":"https:\/\/antikbar.co.uk\/products\/pt4831-southern-railway-southampton-docks-the-gateway-of-the-world","provider":"AntikBar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}