The best examples provoked conversation, were discussed in the press and were sometimes brought to life on stage.

The Jolly Fisherman was created by one of the most influential illustrators of the early twentieth century, John Hassall, for a commission by GNR (Great Northern Railway). It is regarded as one of the most famous holiday advertisements of all time and is believed to have influenced the success of Skegness, the 'Fisherman' is now the mascot for Skegness and celebrated his 100th birthday in 2008. If you can afford to spend more on a higher quality paper, then Photo Rag is our clear recommendation for a fine art paper print.

To deliver them to you as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, we send them out by Royal Mail 2nd class post (unless, of course, you’ve paid for another postal service). There are different versions of the travel poster but the fisherman and slogan are always part of the design with the original painting hanging in the town hall at Skegness. Intended for the army, he managed to fail the entrance examinations for Sandhurst, causing him to board a ship to Canada with his younger brother to try his luck as a pioneer farmer in Manitoba province.

If John Hassall was king of poster artists, then Donald McGill was undoubtedly king of the saucy seaside postcard. The first woman to be elected to the Royal Academy, Laura Knight honed her craft in the artistic colonies of Staithes in North Yorkshire and Newlyn in Cornwall. Turning off the personalized advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. John Hassall: The Life and Art of the Poster King’ by Lucinda Gosling is published by Unicorn Publishing.He is now the mascot for Skegness and celebrated his 100th birthday in 2008, and author, Bill Bryson, put the image on the front cover of his 2015 book, The Road to Little Dribbling.

In the 1840s, David Cox began to regularly visit Wales and, at the seaside town of Rhyl, painted numerous scenes in watercolour and oils (such as Rhyl Sands, above). This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. An early member and later President of the London Sketch Club, he founded the New Art School (later the Hassall School of Art), which he ran for twenty years.A gallery grade, heavyweight, cotton paper with a finely textured matte finish and hand-torn deckle edges. This famous Vintage Railroad Poster artwork of Frank Newbould “A boy pulling the ‘Jolly Fisherman’ by his red scarf along the beach of Skegness” published in 1908 was one of the most popular posters for its time.

One of the most famous railway posters ever printed, “Skegness Is So Bracing” was commissioned by Great Northern Railway. Committed to paint- ing en plein air and recording the rural lives of ordinary people, Knight’s paintings of Larmona Cove and Sennen Cove capture the wild drama and natural beauty of the Cornish coast (as in On the Cliffs, above).We take intellectual property concerns very seriously, but many of these problems can be resolved directly by the parties involved. Posters are posted in either a hard backed envelope clearly marked ‘Do Not Bend’ or a sturdy postal tube. The Jolly Fisherman" is also the name of places located in Lincolnshire, such as a restaurant, a resort, among others.