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Aquatic & Beach

The beach and the sea have been reliable subjects for commercial illustration since the late 19th century, when railways and steamship lines needed imagery that could make a destination feel irresistible at a glance. Travel posters led the way, but the subject ran through magazine covers, resort advertising, and sporting prints as well. What drew artists back repeatedly was the light: coastal scenes rewarded bold, flat color in ways that suited lithography particularly well. The pieces shown here are period originals from that tradition.

Aquatic & Beach

The beach and the sea have been reliable subjects for commercial illustration since the late 19th century, when railways and steamship lines needed imagery that could make a destination feel irresistible at a glance. Travel posters led the way, but the subject ran through magazine covers, resort advertising, and sporting prints as well. What drew artists back repeatedly was the light: coastal scenes rewarded bold, flat color in ways that suited lithography particularly well. The pieces shown here are period originals from that tradition.

Visit Holland - Original Vintage Poster
Visit Holland c.1950 $700.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.0" x 24.0"

Year: c.1950

Ride the Wild Surf, Australian Daybill - Original Vintage Poster
Ride the Wild Surf, Australian Daybill c.1964 $525.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 30.0" x 12.75"

Year: c.1964

Beach Party, Australian Release - Original Vintage Poster
Beach Party, Australian Release c.1963 $475.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 40.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1963

Saint Aubin - Original Vintage Poster
Saint Aubin c.1930 $400.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.25" x 24.5"

Year: c.1930

Visit Menton by Terechkovitch - Authentic Vintage Poster
Visit Menton by Terechkovitch c.1962 $1,350.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.0" x 26.0"

Year: c.1962

Fantasea Surf Movies, Australian Release - Original Vintage Poster
Fantasea Surf Movies, Australian Release c.1984 $250.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 26.75" x 13.25"

Year: c.1984

Esquire Illustration- Just Between Us - Authentic Vintage Vintage Ad
Esquire Illustration- Just Between Us c.1938 $40.00 USD

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 13.75" x 9.75"

Year: c.1938

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Lucky God, Soap Ad- Japanese Handbill - Original Antique Print:
Lucky God Soap- Japanese Hikifuda Ad c.1910 $130.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 9.75" x 14.25"

Year: c.1910

Strange Voyage - Authentic Vintage Poster
Strange Voyage c.1946 $1,100.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 80.25" x 41.25"

Year: c.1946

HISWA Goed Camp, Amsterdam - Original Vintage Poster
HISWA Goed Camp, Amsterdam c.1963 $300.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 21.75" x 15.25"

Year: c.1963

Welcome Home- Fortune Magazine - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Welcome Home- Fortune Magazine c.1930 $55.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 14.0" x 11.25"

Year: c.1930

Courseulles-Sur-Mer, Normandy - Original Vintage Poster
Courseulles-Sur-Mer, Normandy c.1930 $1,350.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.0" x 24.25"

Year: c.1930

Jean Bart, Cirage Impermeable - Authentic Vintage Poster
Jean Bart, Cirage Impermeable c.1933 $1,250.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 59.0" x 39.5"

Year: c.1933

*Braniff Airways - Bolivia by Anonymous, ca. 1955 - Original Vintage Poster
Visit Bolivia, Braniff Airways c.1955 $575.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 26.0" x 20.0"

Year: c.1955

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Broad-Headed Gazer Shark- Fishes of the British Islands - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Broad-Headed Gazer Shark- Fishes of the British Islands c.1878 $50.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 6.0" x 10.0"

Year: c.1878

Beach Ball - Original Vintage Poster
Beach Ball c.1965 $1,650.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 79.0" x 42.0"

Year: c.1965

Egypt, Gift of the Nile - Original Vintage Poster
Egypt, Gift of the Nile c.1956 $1,200.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.5" x 27.0"

Year: c.1956

Toper and Young Shark- Fishes of the British Islands - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Toper and Young Shark- Fishes of the British Islands c.1878 $50.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 6.0" x 10.0"

Year: c.1878

HISWA Water Sports Show, Amsterdam - Original Vintage Poster
HISWA Water Sports Show, Amsterdam c.1958 $350.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 26.75" x 17.75"

Year: c.1958

Seafood Ad, Japanese Tide Calendar - Original Antique Print:
Seafood Ad, Japanese Tide Calendar c.1903 $160.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 8.75" x 15.0"

Year: c.1903

Secret Service in Darkest Africa - Original Vintage Poster
Secret Service in Darkest Africa c.1943 $875.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 79.0" x 41.0"

Year: c.1943

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Perspectograph, Popular Mechanics - Original Vintage Illustration
Perspectograph, Popular Mechanics c.1935 $35.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 9.0" x 6.0"

Year: c.1935

My Hula Honolulu - Authentic Vintage Poster
My Hula Honolulu c.1966 $540.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 23.0" x 19.0"

Year: c.1966

British Conchology- Hand-Colored Lithograph - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
British Conchology- Hand-Colored Lithograph c.1854 $75.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 6.5" x 5.0"

Year: c.1854

Arctic Manhunt - Authentic Vintage Poster
Arctic Manhunt c.1949 $595.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1949

Andy Hardy's Double Life- Trade Ad - Authentic Vintage Illustration
Andy Hardy's Double Life- Trade Ad c.1942 $40.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 12.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1942

Baroque Conchology, Steel Engraving - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Baroque Conchology, Steel Engraving c.1684 $245.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 8.5" x 6.0"

Year: c.1684

Presenting my Daughter by J.J. Grandville - Original Antique Print:
Presenting My Daughter by J.J. Grandville c.1854 $50.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 6.5" x 10.0"

Year: c.1854

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August, Esquire Calendar - Original Antique Print:
August, Esquire Calendar by Vargas c.1944 $60.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 8.25" x 11.75"

Year: c.1944

Flying Cowboys- Popular Mechanics - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Flying Cowboys- Popular Mechanics c.1935 $30.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 9.25" x 6.5"

Year: c.1935

Beach Blanket Bingo - Original Vintage Poster
Beach Blanket Bingo c.1965 $350.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1965

The Beach Bible- La Vie Parisienne - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
The Beach Bible- La Vie Parisienne c.1909 $50.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.25" x 10.0"

Year: c.1909

Pearl of the Mediterranean- Alexiandria, Egypt - Authentic Vintage Poster
Pearl of the Mediterranean- Alexiandria, Egypt c.1959 $950.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 40.0" x 28.0"

Year: c.1959

Thrasher Shark- Fishes of the British Islands - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Thrasher Shark- Fishes of the British Islands c.1878 $50.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 6.0" x 10.0"

Year: c.1878

Jamaica Run, Swedish Release - Original Vintage Poster
Jamaica Run, Swedish Release c.1954 $175.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.5" x 27.5"

Year: c.1954

Power Wake- Popular Mechanics - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Power Wake- Popular Mechanics c.1935 $30.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 9.25" x 6.5"

Year: c.1935

Visit Argentina and Chile - Original Vintage Poster
Visit Argentina and Chile c.1950 $950.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 42.75" x 29.0"

Year: c.1950

Visit San Francisco, United Airlines - Authentic Vintage Poster
Visit San Francisco, United Airlines c.1976 $240.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 30.0" x 20.0"

Year: c.1976

Visit the Caribbean, Beachcomber Cruises - Authentic Vintage Poster
Visit the Caribbean, Beachcomber Cruises c.1964 $575.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.5"

Year: c.1964

A young person in a sailor suit looks surprised into a round mirror on a desk full of books, papers, and a clock. This vintage print is featured as the cover artwork of 11- Collier's Magazine from 1942.
The Man in the Mirror- Collier's Magazine c.1942 $30.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1942

Submarine Seahawk - Authentic Vintage Poster
Submarine Seahawk c.1959 $350.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1959

Long Voyage Home- Popular Mechanics - Original Vintage Cover Art:
Long Voyage Home- Popular Mechanics c.1932 $30.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 9.0" x 6.5"

Year: c.1932

All Hands on Deck, Swedish Release - Authentic Vintage Poster
All Hands on Deck, Swedish Release c.1929 $950.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.5" x 27.5"

Year: c.1929

Popular Mechanics Cover 6 - Original Vintage Cover Art:
Power Voyager- Popular Mechanics c.1934 $35.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 9.25" x 6.5"

Year: c.1934

Meridien Hotels- Newport Beach, LA - Authentic Vintage Poster
Meridien Hotels- Newport Beach, LA c.1975 $475.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 28.0" x 18.0"

Year: c.1975

Miami- National Geographic Ad - Authentic Vintage Vintage Ad
Miami- National Geographic Ad c.1965 $40.00 USD

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 10.0" x 6.75"

Year: c.1965

Belgium - The Seaside by Frédéric Conrad, ca. 1955 - Original Vintage Poster
Visit Belgium by Frédéric Conrad c.1955 $575.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.0" x 24.0"

Year: c.1955

The Touchstone, L'Assiette au Beurre. - Original Vintage Illustration
The Touchstone, L'Assiette au Beurre c.1906 $30.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 11.75" x 8.75"

Year: c.1906

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