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Travel Poster Newquay Cornish Coast Cornwall British Railways - Original vintage British Railways travel advertising poster for Newquay on the Cornish Coast featuring an image of a smiling lady surfer wearing a red swimming cap riding a wave in the foreground with people on the sandy beach below sunbathing and swimming in the sea and playing in the rock pools in front of the house on the rock island and suspension bridge over Towan Beach with the rocky coast line running into the distance. Artwork by the British painter Arthur Harry Riley (1895-1966). Published by The Railway Executive Western Region. Printed by Beck and Inchbold, Leeds. Good condition, restored tears, restored folds, restored creasing, minor staining, backed on linen. Country of issue: UK, designer: Arthur Harry Riley, size (cm): 102x64, year of printing: 1948.