BRITISH EMPIRE POSTER 'SAILORS OF THE EMPIRE' WILLOUGHBY DRAKE GRENVILLE 1920's

BEING OFFERED FOR SALE HERE IS AN OFFICIAL AND AN ORIGINAL ‘BRITISH EMPIRE’ PROMOTIONAL POSTER FROM THE 1920’s – 1930’s. IT WAS ISSUED BY THE EMPIRE MARKETING BOARD…..AND IS ONE OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT TITLES DEPICTING A PART OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE….AND/OR IMPORTANT PEOPLE FROM WITHIN!!!! THIS ONE IS TITLED ‘SAILORS OF THE EMPIRE’….AND DEPICTS SEVERAL CHARACTERS WHO WERE INTEGRAL FROM THE EMPIRES HISTORY!!! CHECK OUT THE NAMES INCLUDED HERE:- ‘GRENVILLE’, ‘LANCASTER’, ‘WILLOUGHBY’ AND ‘DRAKE’. THE CATALOGUE NUMBER IS PARTIALLY OBSCURED….BUT THE FIRST DIGITS ARE R.A.?.? IT WAS PRINTED BY DOBSON MOLLE LTD. OF EDINBURGH…..AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT PRINTERS WERE USED TO ISSUE THESE OVER THE YEARS!!!! THE ARTIST WHO PRODUCED THIS STUNNING PIECE IS ‘CHAS PEARS’….HE WAS ONE OF SEVERAL AMAZING ARTISTS WHO WERE COMMISSIONED BY THE EMPIRE MARKETING BOARD TO PRODUCE THESE MASTERPIECES!!!! THESE POSTERS WERE ORIGINALLY DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE….IN TRAIN…..BUS AND COACH STATIONS/SHELTERS…..IN ANY WAITING ROOM IN ANY OFFICE….UNDERGROUND TUNNELS….SHOP FRONTS….DISPLAY CABINETS….EVEN PASTED ON OUTSIDE WALLS…..ABSOLUTELY ANYWHERE THEY COULD BE SEEN BY THE EMPIRE POPULOUS!!!! THIS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING POSTER IS IN A GOOD/VG CONDITION….AND OVERALL IS QUITE WONDERFUL FOR IT’S AGE!!!! IT HAS PIN HOLES TO EACH CORNER FROM WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY DISPLAYED. IT ALSO HAS SOME TAPE RESIDUE MARKS ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES. THIS IS FROM WHERE IT WAS LATER DISPLAYED. THERE IS A ONE INCH 3 CM TEAR TO THE RIGHT EDGE….AND A SMALL ONE ON THE LEFT EDGE!!! IT HAS HAD TWO LARGE TEARS ON THE BOTTOM AND RIGHT EDGES REPAIRED TO THE REAR OF THE POSTER!!!! IT HAS A FEW AGE MARKS AND A LITTLE GENERAL AGEING AND WEAR AND TEAR!!!! THE BODY OF THE POSTER IS IN REALLY NICE SHAPE…..AND IT PRESENTS VERY WELL INDEED!!!! IT MEASURES 12 INCHES 32 CM WIDE AND 20 INCHES 51 CM HIGH…..AND IF EVER A TRUE VINTAGE POSTER WAS CRYING OUT FOR SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL HANDLING…..MOUNTING AND FRAMING….THIS IS IT FOR SURE!!!! MAYBE YOU COULD HAVE IT RESTORED AND HESSIAN BACKED….IT ABSOLUTELY DESERVERS IT FOR SURE….IT SHOULD REALLY BE HANGING ON DISPLAY IN A MUSEUM!!! SO….PLEASE DON’T THINK TOO LONG ABOUT OWNING THIS AMAZING AND VERY RARE POSTER….I’M SURE YOU’LL SERIOUSLY REGRET MISSING OUT ON IT IF SOMEONE DOES BEAT YOU TO IT!!!! IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS AT ALL…..THEN JUST IMAGINE IT HAVING BEEN RESTORED AND PROFESSIONALLY MOUNTED AND ARCHIVED FRAMED…..AND HANGING ON YOUR FAVOURITE WALL AT HOME…..OR WORK RIGHT NOW…..IT REALLY DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS…..DOES IT!!!!! THIS IS A SERIOUSLY RARE POSTER FOR SURE….WHICH YOU VERY RARELY SEE OFFERED FOR SALE…….AND VERY COLLECTABLE AND SOUGHT AFTER…..EVEN IN THIS CONDITION…..WOW…..WOW…..WOW…..WOW!!!!!!

Empire Marketing Board

From 1926 to 1933 The Empire Marketing Board, with state funds began a massive poster campaign to promote the goods of the empire.  The EMB published around 800 different designs and aspired to secure the best from many of the most distinguished designers of the period and the high quality of much of the work produced in a remarkable variety of styles is one reason for preserving and collecting the posters.  The majority of these posters were printed in either double crown size (76cm x 51cm) which are more common…..or the larger quad crown and single sheet sizes which do not survive in quantity.  Many of the smaller posters were sent out to schools for educational purposes, which may explain why they survive in greater numbers!!!