Cornwall compared with Italy

Today’s Railway poster has connections with the current book I am reading on Cornwall by Daphne Du Maurier and is called ‘”Vanishing Cornwall”
here is the railway Poster first

now the image of he book the cover of which is very evocative o Cornwall.
It is worth summerising what she has to say about Cornwall. I [...]

Cornish Rail Poster

Another lovely Railway poster to show today, this time of Cornwall and by Ronald Lampitt, a prolific Illustrattor and Artist.
He also illustrated the Janet and John Books……..l
You can get a better view of this poster just click and you will be taken to the original place I found it on.

Railway Poster

This rather lovely painting was painted in 1934 by Leonard Richmond (1889-!965).
It is a Raiway advertisment (southern Railwayposter Design) the viewer looks and wants to explore the wide open spaces.
On the description side it says it is of Ilfracomb,Devon.
By all accounts a prolific painter and one that is worth investigating further