Columbia Tobacco: David Dunlop’s advertisement for the World’s Fair in Chicago 1893.

Nova et Vetera: Air France promotional map poster after Lucien Boucher. Centred on Africa, Asia, and Europe with Air France’s routes overlaid in red and highlighted with gold, and with vignettes of traditional methods of travel, ships and sea monsters in contrast to the aeroplanes overhead to reinforce the titular theme of “old and new”.

Fly the Atlantic by BOAC: Promotional poster of an origami Atlantic to advertise the introduction of the Stratocruiser Speedbird to the BOAC fleet.

De Jour et de Nuit – De Nuit et de Jour – Dans Tous les Ciels. Promotional poster advertising Air France’s 1938-39 routes. An illustrated map of the constellations overlaid on a faint world map traced in gold. The Air France routes are traced by bright orange lines with the cities on the routes are in gold boxes. Air France’s signature hippocamp (winged seahorse) sits prominently above the title, and golden Zodiac signs decorate the border.

Malay States: The Golden Chersonese. Rare transport poster promoting the Malay State Railway. Designed by Hugh Murton Le Fleming.

London Transport: The Londoner’s Transport Throughout the Ages. Quad Royal poster showing the development in the means of travel Overground & Underground.

Racehorses flat out to the finish: From one of the leading American lithographic and engraving establishments.

Geological Chart : Comparative chart of geology.

Bus and Coach Stop: Request. Signage designed for London Transport by Hans Schlegel under the pseudonym “Zero”.

India: Fly to India. Promotional poster for B.O.A.C in association with Quantas Empire, South African and Tasman Airways.

Panoramic map of the Cote d’Azur: From Frejus to Menton with decorative border. Issued as a promotional brochure to encourage visitors to the coast.

Baleares: Promotional poster advertising Air France’s flights to the Balearics by Lucien Boucher.

Barcelona: La Capital del Mediterraneo. Art Deco poster of a biplane decorated with the Spanish flag passing Gaudi’s famous church La Sagrada Familia.

La Route des Alpes: Art Deco promotional poster for an early bus service from Nice to the French Alps by PLM (Paris-Lyon-Mediterannee Railways).

Bus Stop: Request. Signage designed for London Transport by Hans Schlegel under the pseudonym “Zero”.

Sur les Ailes d’Air France: Promotional poster by Lucien Boucher with double hemisphere map of the world highlighting air routes and surrounded with illustrations of European explorers in the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

Holland-Amerika Line: ‘Rotterdam – New York’. Early promotional shipping poster.

Reseau Aerien Mondial: Map of the world on Mercator’s Projection by Lucien Boucher promoting Air France’s routes from Paris to South America, Africa, and Asia.

Crociera Aerea Transatlantica: Celebrating the 1930 Transatlantic Air Cruise from Rome to Rio de Janeiro of a fleet of 12 Italian seaplanes led by the head of Fascist Italy’s Air Force, Italo Balbo.

Promotional poster with a Koala or Native Bear. After the Anglo-Antipodean artist Eileen Mayo.

Europe: Travel poster advertising Air France services to Europe with tourist destinations.

Hawaiian Air: Promotional poster showing Hawaiian Air’s routes, distances and durations throughout the islands.

Cambodia. Vintage travel poster published by the Office de Tourisme Indochinois to promote tourism to Cambodia. Printed in Hanoi by D’Extreme Orient.

Paquebot ‘Antilles’: Cross-section of the French cruise ship operating in the tropics for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique

Les Animaux a Fourrures dans le Monde: Unusual world map poster showing the world’s fur-bearing animals. By Lucien Boucher for Maison Simon Freres furriers.

Savoie: PLM (Paris-Lyon-Mediterannee Railways) promotional poster for Savoie department in the French Alps

Planisphere: World map poster with a border proclaiming “Zones de la Liberation” in reference to the end of World War II

Sunday in London: Afternoon boxing in the Ring at ‘Surrey Chapel’ Blackfriars Road. After Grace Golden.

Chamonix: Le Plus Haut Telefrique du Monde, Francaise des Chemins de Fer de Montagne promotional poster for the first Aiguille du Midi-Mont-Blanc cable car in assoctian with PLM (Paris-Lyon-Mediterannee Railways). By Henri Dormoy.

Lucknow: City of Gardens. Newsome and fellow artist Kathleen Nixon were commissioned by the Oxford University Press to visit India following which the Indian State Railways commissioned a series of posters. Printed in Calcutta.

Lebanon: Travel poster published by the Conseil National du Tourisme au Liban to promote Lebanon as a tourist destination. The photograph is credited to ‘Fattal’, possibly the Lebanese artist Simone Fattal. Printed by the prestigious Draeger firm in Paris.

Reseau Aerien Mondial: Map of the world on Mercator’s Projection by Lucien Boucher. This is one of a series in the style of the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century with multiple vignettes and illustrations. Political divisions are kept to a minimum with the planisphere adapted to showcase the reach and spread of the network of Air France routes. This example is from a run of 300.

Cuba: Met Rosanna naar Havana. Promotional poster for Martinair and group Cubanacan. By Sylvan Steenbrink.

Etna Sicilia: Bird’s eye view of Mt Etna with a plan of Catania.

Bus Stop: Request. Red Arrow. Signage designed for London Transport by Hans Schlegel under the pseudonym “Zero”.

Le Plus Grand Reseau du Monde: Promotional poster showing the latest iteration of Air France’s route network including the brand new non-stop route between Paris and New York.

Fairyland As Described by the Four Winds:

Royal Mail Promotional poster for the Atlantis (the redeployed Andes after its service in WWI). Shoesmith was a naval cadet, later working on the Royal Mail line before becoming a successful marine artist.

Whimsical map of an imaginary fairy-tale. Created during the Great Depression and exhibited it was exhibited in the children’s section of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, the map soon found its way into bedrooms and schoolrooms across the country.

Temperate zone : Comparative chart showing the environment and townscapes of a temperate zone – that which lies between the subtropics and the polar circles.

London Underground: From the Ark to Regent’s Park by Arnrid Johnston.. Poster showing the animals of Noah’s ark travelling by Underground from Mt Ararat to their new homes at London Zoo in Regent’s Park.

Tropical Zone: Comparative chart showing the flora, fauna, and inhabitants of a tropical environment.

Fliegen sei mit (Fly with Me) – The Rainbow: German promotional poster advertising the launch of Pan Am’s famous Rainbow Service across the Atlantic. In 1952, Pan Am revolutionised the airline industry by introducing their Rainbow Service, the first all-tourist (what became known as economy) flights across the Atlantic opening air travel to the mass market.

Maroc Touristique: Map promoting tourism to Morocco commissioned from the Rabat based french artist Jean Gaston Mantel. With Arabic and French text.

India: Promotional poster for Mount Abu and Lake Nakki, Rajasthan. Issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Printed in Madras.

Nature in Descending Regions: Comparative chart of the World’s oceans and the different species that live within them.

Calcutta: East Indian Railway. Promotional poster showing the Burmese pagoda in Eden Gardens. By Desmond Doig.

View of Nature in Ascending Regions: Comparative chart of the mountains, volcanoes and accomplished summits across the world.

Thailand: Land of Beauty and Romance. Stylised image of Wat Arun and a Golden Royal Dragon Boat. Printed by Kana Chang Bangkok.

Arctic Zone: Comparative chart showing the frigid mountainous environment, animals and inhabitants of polar regions.

Coach Stop: Request. Signage designed for London Transport by Hans Schlegel under the pseudonym “Zero”.

Reseau Aerien Mondial: Promotional poster for Air France by Lucien Boucher centred on Europe, Africa, and Asia, and showing the international air routes. [Framed]Promotional poster for Air France by Lucien Boucher centred on Europe, Africa, and Asia, and showing the international air routes.

Vins de Bordeaux: Promotional poster series of the vineyards of France, showing Bordeaux’s regions and grape varieties.

Sur les Ailes d’Air France Decouvrez le Monde a Votre Tour: Promotional poster of a double hemisphere world highlighting air routes and surrounded with illustrations of European explorers by Lucien Boucher.

L’Amrique du Nord: Poster map of North America promoting Air France, and its partnership with multiple American regional airlines.

General Service Wall pictures educational series of daily life in Britain after Elizabeth Skilton.

Madagascar: Promotional poster of the island as a tourist destination.

World map satirising President Reagan’s Cold War worldview in the late 1980s.