Series Land Rover Half Tone Flat Bed Editions

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In addition to the Limited Editions in this collection, one off and short run Half Tone Flat Bed Prints can be created at very large sizes up to a maximum 8 x 4 feet - 2.4 x 1.2 metres. The clue was always in the name: the Land Rover was designed to rove the land, regardless of conditions. As the world’s first successful civilian 4x4, it has defined a world it helped change, opening new horizons for adventure, work and humanitarian action on every continent. Iconic expeditions documented its early exploits, from carrying six Oxford and Cambridge university students over 18,000 miles from London to Singapore in 1955-56 through George and Jinx Rodger’s seven-year, 10,000 miles journey chronicling Africa's endangered tribes and wildlife to Bristol Foster and Robert Bateman’s 40,000-mile global trek. For many all over the world, it was perhaps the first car they ever saw. Defender has even gone rallying, being turned into a fearsome competition machine by the motorsport experts at Bowler, and become synonymous with the Camel Trophy, an off-road competition known as “the Olympics of 4x4”. Worldwide sales included military versions, inspiring the Defender name that would later be applied to all variants. Many civilian models performed heroics too, serving as breakdown trucks, ambulances and hydraulic platforms. The Defender’s cultural impact is almost as large as its physical. Its appeal took it to the most glamourous places, with some of cinema’s biggest stars. Throughout the 60s, the Land Rover was captured in the presence of major stars such as Marylin Monroe, Steve McQueen and Paul McCartney. The very first State Review Land Rover, with its custom-designed rear platform, was used to greet crowds during Queen Elizabeth II’s first Commonwealth tour in 1953. The Queen herself was often seen behind the wheel of a Defender on the Royal estates. This was possible because, above all else, the Defender was engineered to be capable. With lightweight aluminium panels, very shor