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 short overhangs and, crucially, selectable four-wheel drive, the Defender stormed the globe. 70 per cent of Land Rover’s output had been exported to 150 countries within just ten years of production. A unique piece of industrial design, every version went further, setting standards others struggle to follow. New, longer wheelbases made the original more useable, allowing the addition of Pick-up and Station Wagon variants, the latter introducing the famous alpine lights on the sides of the roof, bringing more light into the vehicle and extra visibility for negotiating hairpins on mountain roads. Engines grew more powerful and efficient, but this was still a primarily functional vehicle: an early optional ‘comfort pack’ included little more than roof and door liners. Modern comforts started to appear in the 1971-onwards Series III, including a padded dash and an instrument cluster placed behind a new steering wheel, whilst V8 power became available for those demanding greater performance on the road as well as off it. The County of 1982 offered seats trimmed in fabric for the first time, and was distinguished externally by new colours with decals. A year later the Ninety and One Ten versions introduced the front-end design that was to remain until the end of classic Defender production. Turbo diesel power arrived alongside an improved interior. Comfort was also boosted by new coil-spring suspension. The Defender name was introduced in 1990, following the introduction of the Land Rover Discovery the year previous. It perfectly reflected what customers all over the world felt about this unique vehicle: trusted, dependable, rugged and reliable.

The Defender story famously began in 1947 at Red Wharf Bay, on the Welsh isle of Anglesey when Maurice Wilks traced an outline in the sand of what was to become one of the world’s most timeless designs. Production finally concluded in 2016, with over two million examples built during its 68-year production life, the longest-running production for a car in the world, with an estimated 75% of them still roaming the globe. No vehicle before it had left so many tyre tracks across the world, and none in the future is likely to match its legacy.