William Barribal collection

A selection of postcards with designs by William Barribal.

William Henry Barribal (1874–1952) was a London artist who began his career as a lithographer before going on to study at the Académie Julian in Paris.

By the turn of the 20th century, Barribal had become an accomplished painter and designer. He created a series of images that were used on First World War recruitment posters in Great Britain.   During the 1920s and 1930s he created a range of posters for the Schweppes advertising campaign and in 1921, he was contracted to work for Waddingtons, producing work that was used for posters and later a series of playing cards, these works being keenly sought after today.  His bold Art Deco posters designed in the 1920s and 1930s for the London and North Eastern Railway are also well known.  His wife, Gertrude Louisa Fannie Pitt, was his principal model and his work also included postcards and cigarette cards on which she appeared.

Barribal also worked for various magazines, including the leading fashion journal Vogue, and between 1919 and 1938, he regularly exhibited his work. His images of exquisite and fashionable Edwardian women have become classics and the work of many modern fashion artists shows traces of the unmistakable "Barribal style"..

Postcards

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  • PC_Romantic21Postcard franked Wiveliscombe, Somerset 1917 - Pub: Inter-Art “Artistique” series no 1732
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  • PC_Deco_Barribal09
  • PC_Deco_Barribal52
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  • PC_Deco_Barribal43 (1)
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  • PC_Deco_Barribal35
  • PC_Deco_Barribal45
  • PC_Deco_Barribal38 (1)
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  • PC_Deco_Barribal42 (1)
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  • PC_Deco_Barribal40 (1)
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  • PC_Deco_Barribal41 (1)
  • PC_Deco-Barribal63
  • PC_Deco-Barribal64
  • PC_Deco_Barribal16
  • PC_Deco_Barribal10
  • PC_Deco_Barribal08
  • PC_Deco_Barribal19
  • PC_Deco_Barribal34
  • PC_Deco_Barribal25
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  • PC_Deco_Barribal53
  • PC_Deco_Barribal58
  • PC_Deco_Barribal30
  • PC_Deco_Barribal50
  • PC_Deco_Barribal47
  • PC_Deco_Barribal37
  • PC_Deco_Barribal44
  • PC_Deco-Barribal03
  • PC_Deco_Barribal05
  • PC_Deco_Barribal07
  • PC_FrBrExh01Official postcard for Franco-British Exhibition 1908 - Pub: Valentine & Sons - Design: W Barribal The Franco-British Exhibition was a large public fair held in London between 14 May and 31 October 1908. The exhibition attracted 8 million visitors and celebrated the Entente Cordiale signed in 1904 by the United Kingdom and France. The Exhibition was held in an area of west London near Shepherd's Bush which is now called White City.
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