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Advertising Poster Post Office Savings Frank Newbould. Original vintage poster: Your savings are Safe in the Post Office Savings Bank. Great design by the notable British poster artist Frank Newbould (1887-1951) of a strong and proud British lion above the stylised text. Good condition, repaired loss and tears, light folds. rank Newbould (24 September 1887 - 1951) was an English poster artist, born in Bradford to John Newbould (1856-1944), chemist, from Pateley Bridge, and Sara Ellen, née Robinson (1856-1941), also from Bradford. He was their only child. Educated at Bradford College of Art and Camberwell School of Art, he worked mostly in London from the interwar period specialising in travel posters. His clients included the Empire Marketing Board; London Transport and its predecessors; the London & North Eastern, Great Western and London, Midland and Scottish Railways, and the Orient and Cunard Lines. In 1942 he joined the War Office as assistant to Abram Games, where he produced eleven posters, including a series Your Britain, Fight for it Now. His work was characterised by bold shapes and colours. Country:UK. Year:circa 1939. Designer:Frank Newbould. Size (cm):50.5x38
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