Monday, 11 August 2025

Frank Newbould - part 1


Frank Newbould was a poster and black-and-white artist, born in 1887 in Bradford, UK. He studied at the local College of Art and won several silver and bronze medals in national competitions. During and after World War I he was a black-and-white artist, working for such publications as Passing Show, but more profitable poster work attracted him, and he became one of the most prolific and distinguished practitioners in the inter-war period. Initially he worked for Morton Studios in Fleet Street, then set up his own studio. His posters for Orient Lines and London North Eastern Railway were notable, especially landscapes studied on location. Exhibited Chenil Galleries and lived in London. He died in 1951.

This is part 1 of a 4-part series on the works of Frank Newbould: 

c1920 Hamburg Via Grimsby Three Times Weekly L.N.E.R.
colour lithograph 99 x 63 cm

c1922 Laburnum
gouache artwork 48 x 35.7 cm
London Transport Museum

1922 The Cactus House Kew Gardens
colour lithograph 101.6 x 63.5 cm
London Transport Museum

1922 Rhododendron Time
colour lithograph 76.2 x 50.8 cm
London Transport Museum

1922 Hops
 colour lithograph 102 x 63.4 cm
London Transport Museum

1922 Harvest Time
colour lithograph 101.6 x 63.5 cm
 London Transport Museum

1922 Daffodil Time Hampton Court
colour lithograph 76.3 x 51 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1922 Blue Bell Time Kew Gardens
colour lithograph 76.2 x 50.8 cm
London Transport Museum

1922 Blackberry Time
London Transport
colour lithograph 101.6 x 63.5 cm


1922 Autumn Tints
colour lithograph 101.6 x63.5 cm
London Transport Museum

c1923 The Dee, East Coast Route From King's Cross L.N.E.R.
colour lithograph 101 x 125.75 cm
(Note: L.N.E.R. is London North Eastern Railway)

c1923 Holiday Cruises To The Mediterranean by R.M.S.P. "Arcadian"
colour lithograph 100.6 x 62.9 cm

c1923 Dunbar L.E.R.
colour lithograph100.7 x 63.5 cm

1923 Holiday Cruises To Norway by R.M.S.P. "Arcadian"
colour lithograph 101 x 62.5 cm

1924 Chestnut Time at Hampton Court
colour lithograph 57.5 x 50.5 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1925 Southend-on-Sea
colour lithograph 101.6 x 63.5 cm
London Transport Museum

1925 Kingston by tram
colour lithograph 76.2 x 50.8 cm

1925 Hillingdon for walks
colour lithograph for London Transport 76 x 51 cm

1925 Central Europe via Harwich L.N.E.R.
colour lithograph 100 x 126 cm

1925 Bournville 1925 Transport
booklet issued by Cadbury chocolate company
colour lithograph cover

1925 Berlin  Via Harwich Twice A Day L.N.E.R.
colour lithograph 100.5 x 124.5 cm

1925 Waltham Cross by Tram
colour lithograph 76.2 x 50.8 cm
London Transport Museum

1925 Tour the Empire at Wembley
colour lithograph 102 x 158 cm

1925 Southend-on-Sea, Bracing Air, Abundant Amusements
colour lithograph 120 x 100 cm

1925 Southend-on-Sea
colour lithograph 101.6 x 63.5 cm
London Transport Museum

c1925 Vienna via Harwich Twice a Day L.N.E.R.
colour lithograph

c1925 Orient Line Cruises 20,000 Ton Steamers
colour lithograph 102 x 63 cm

c1926 Woodhall Spa, It's Quicker by Rail
colour lithograph 97 x 61 cm

1927 Cadbury's chocolate promotional book illustrated by Frank Newbould:

The Factory in a Garden
Cadbury Bros Ltd. Bournville

Bournville Works

The new dining block, Bournville
colour lithograph

Chief depot of the Cadbury Buying Agency, Accra, Gold Coast

Cocoa breaking in a Trinidad Plantation