Prince's Highway Tour - Melbourne To Sydney : four days - by rail and road - consult Govt. Tourist Bureau, Queen's Walk (opp. Town Hall) Melbourne / Trompf
- Bib ID:
- 7283668
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Trompf, Percy, 1902-1964, artist
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Govt. Tourist Bureau, [1935?]
- Melb. : Robt. Harding Pty. Ltd. Litho, [1935?]
- 1 poster : colour ; 50 x 63.5 cm
- Series:
- Victorian Railways poster ; no. 58
- Summary:
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Poster advertising travel on the Prince’s Highway with artwork of a yellow bus on an elevated road (possibly constructed from orange clay) overlooking a scenic view of trees, a bay with a jetty in the middle ground, and distant mountains. "Rbt Harding Pty Ltd' appears in margin lower left. "Vic Rlys. Poster No. 58" appears in margin lower right.
- Biography/History:
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“The Princes Highway opened in 1920 and runs from Sydney to Port Augusta, rounding the southern coast of Australia to pass through Melbourne. While it would be not the most direct route to get from one end of the continent to the other, Trompf's poster shows why this indirect route was traveled - for its more rural and scenic vistas of the coastline. This road was named 'Princes Highway' to commemorate the Prince of Wales' (later King Edward VIII) visit to Australia. The intent was for him to make an overland trip from Melbourne to Sydney using this route, but ultimately this plan was abandoned because the road would not have been constructed to his standards in time. Trompf created this poster for the Government Tourist Bureau, advertising the ease of travel between these same cities - either by driving along the advertised coastal route or taking a train for a more direct trip.”—Swann Auction Galleries, October 2016.
- Notes:
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- Caption title.
- National Library of Australia's copy has repaired tears, creases and minor overpainting in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds.
- POSTER 2023-4462 copy Digital master available National Library of Australia
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2034 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Artistic
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- 1964
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 1935
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