£200
Advertising Poster Guinness For Strength Gilroy Girder. Original vintage Guinness advertising poster - Guinness for Strength - featuring an iconic design by the notable artist John Gilroy (John Thomas Young Gilroy; 1898-1985) depicting a smiling man who has finished his break leaving an empty glass and bottle of Guinness on the bench behind him, happily carrying a large metal girder on his head with one hand to balance it, walking away from another worker who is looking at him in shock as he holds his drink of Guinness and bottle with his lunch on a napkin beside him, set within a green and black border with the bold text below in red letters. One of the world's most popular beer drink brands, Guinness is an Irish dry stout founded by Arthur Guinness in Dublin in 1759. Fair condition, paper losses on corners, tears, creasing, staining, paper skimming, tape on edges, folds. Country of issue: UK, designer: John Gilroy, size (cm): 76x51, year of printing: 1934.
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