Poster produced for Southern Railways (SR). This is one of two posters commissioned as part of the celebrations that took place in 1948 to mark the centenary of the opening of Waterloo Station. The poster commemorates ‘a centenary of uninterrupted service during war and peace’. Artwork by Helen McKie (d 1957), who studied at the Lambeth School of Art and exhibited at the Paris Salon and at leading London galleries. In addition to designing posters for SR, she also wrote and illustrated booklets and other publicity material and designed uniforms and upholstery. In 1939 she was asked to decorate two new coaches for the cross-Channel service.
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Artwork in this collection is from our own archives or licensed archives. Reproduction rights are reserved by the copyright owner. All of our prints' sizes refers to paper size. Our image sizes vary from image to image and respect the original ratio of the original poster. This means that there is a varying white border on all sides to keep the original ratio true to the original.
