Vintage Travel Posters (V&A)

A Journey to the Sea in 30 Posters

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Thirty detachable vintage posters drawn from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s renowned archive take you back to the Golden Age of travel

From the restorative retreat of a palm-lined beach to the brisk breeze of Bridlington, holidaying by the sea is hard to beat. For over a century, whether by boat, train, car or plane, we’ve flocked to the coast at home and abroad. These vintage advertisements help evoke the early 20th century’s Golden Age of travel.

With an introduction by Gill Saunders, this book is packed with charm and style, and includes thirty detachable full-page posters to transport you back to the sun, sea and sand.
Extent: 64 pp
Format: Poster Book
Illustrations: 30
Publication date: 2018-02-01
Size: 31.7 x 24.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500480281
Introduction by Gill Saunders • 30 detachable posters
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Press Reviews

Looks to transport the reader back to the “golden age of travel”
Design Week

A must have for art and travel lovers alike
Daily Mail

Sun, sea and sand - but drenched in vintage elegance … a book that will transport you to sunnier climes - and to the golden age of travel
The Lady

Full of nostalgic pleasures
Mature Times

About the Author

Gill Saunders joined the V&A in 1979 and became Senior Curator of Prints in 2006. Her primary expertise is in 20th century and contemporary prints, drawings and paintings. Gill has curated many exhibitions and displays at the V&A over the past 40 years, on subjects including botanical illustration, watercolour painting, contemporary prints, images of the nude, and wallpapers. Gill has devised a number of V&A UK touring exhibitions – including Recording Britain (2012-2014); Modern Masters in Print: Matisse, Picasso, Dali and Warhol (2015-17), Facing History: Contemporary Portraiture (2015-16), and Pop Art in Print (2017-18); a display, Paul Nash and the Art of the Book, will open in August 2022. The exhibition Lucian Freud’s Etchings: a creative collaboration is in preparation and will open at the V&A in September 2023. Gill has worked with the Whitworth Art Gallery, the Jerwood Gallery, and taught at the University of Sussex, and lectures and broadcasts regularly on her areas of expertise.

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