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POSTER: BERT THOMAS (1883-1966) IT'S QUICKER BY RAIL!. 39x24 inches. Waterlow & Sons LTD., London.

BERT THOMAS (1883-1966) IT'S QUICKER BY RAIL!.
39 3/4x24 7/8 inches. Waterlow & Sons LTD., London.
Condition B+: restoration and repaired tears in margins, some affecting image.
Thomas began his career as a cartoonist, contributing hundreds of caricatures to such London-based periodicals as Punch and London Opinion. During World War I he designed several posters for the war effort. Here in his trademark style, he emphasizes travelling by train through an illustration of some of the perils of travelling by foot.

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