We’re happy to present six beautiful Eric Ravilious postcards featuring watercolours of the Suffolk and Sussex coast in the late 1930s. These include Rye Harbour, The Lifeboat, Aldeburgh Bathing Machines, Bathing Machines, Aldeburgh, Late August Beach, Aldeburgh*, and Newhaven Harbour.
These A6 postcards are printed on 300gsm invercote card using high quality inks to retain the colours of the original images.
*He was particularly fond of Aldeburgh.
Eric Ravilious (22 July 1903 – 2 September 1942) was an exceptional watercolourist, wood engraver and designer. He grew up in the shadow of the Sussex Downs in the coastal town of Eastbourne, the surrounding landscape of which heavily influenced many of his best known works. His instantly recognisable style, palette and choice of subject have an almost universal appeal, a blend which has increased in popularity with the passing of time, particularly in the first two decades of the 21st century.