Leonard Bentley
Piccadilly Circus
This is a Valentine & Sons Ltd postcard in their “Art Colour” series dating from the late 1930s showing a reproduction of a watercolour painted by Ernest William Haslehurst. The view is looking west from Piccadilly Circus and up Regents Street. Haslehurst was a water colourist and illustrator most famous for his illustrations in the 36 volume “Beautiful Britain” series of travel books published by Blackie & Son. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy and designed posters for the LNER and LMS, he died in 1949.
Piccadilly Circus
This is a Valentine & Sons Ltd postcard in their “Art Colour” series dating from the late 1930s showing a reproduction of a watercolour painted by Ernest William Haslehurst. The view is looking west from Piccadilly Circus and up Regents Street. Haslehurst was a water colourist and illustrator most famous for his illustrations in the 36 volume “Beautiful Britain” series of travel books published by Blackie & Son. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy and designed posters for the LNER and LMS, he died in 1949.