GPO Graham Bell's Telephone 1876

£350.00

Original vintage advertising poster for the General Post Office (GPO) - Graham Bell’s Telephone 1876 - featuring a great illustration by Eric Fraser (1902-1983) of the Scottish-born scientist and inventor Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone, depicted using the telephone he invented in 1876 and making the first phone call through a wall to the next room to his assistant Thomas Augustus Watson (1854-1934) with a bright star in the sky in the background, the GPO logo and stylised title text text below. One of a series of posters published by the GPO to showcase the new telephone and telegraphy technologies. The General Post Office GPO was founded in 1660; Royal Mail was founded in 1516. Horizontal. Good condition, repaired tear in bottom right corner, creasing and small tears in margins.

Country

UK

Year

1930s

Style

Advertising Posters

Artist

Eric Fraser

Size (cm)

50.5x63.5