British Council Collection
Mrs Phyllis Mabey donated this collection of over 300 posters to the British Council. In August 1977, she wrote: "I should be very glad to hand the collection to The British Council as a gift, as I feel sure that it could not be in better hands, and it will be kept as a collection and not broken up.I wish that the collection be preserved as an entity and that it should be known as the ALAN MABEY COLLECTION."
This collection was originally administered and toured by General Exhibitions Department whose work, over the years, became subsumed into Design Department. In 1996 the poster collection was handed over to Visual Arts Department.
The bulk of the collection covers the first half of the century and includes prime examples of London Transport posters from the 1920s and 30s designed by commercial artists such as Edward McKnight Kauffer, Tom Purvis and Frank Newbould, some 40 posters commissioned by Shell from artists such as Paul Nash, Graham Sutherland and Ben Nicholson, posters advertising various department stores, dry cleaners, hair styling products and the like. There are also a number of early theatre posters by Dudley Hardy and John Hassall, as well as advertising posters by Aubrey Beardsley for magazines. Since the bequest the collection was augmented by post-war works by leading British artists and designers acquired by General Exhibition Department.
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THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND 1967
Austin John Marshall (1937 – )
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PHIL MAY'S SUMMER ANNUAL C1900
Philip William May (1864 – 1903)
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ARTHUR BROWN
Michael Mcinnerney (1944 – )
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THE CONTRACTOR
Michael Carney Associates
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The Bellow Plays
Michael Carney Associates
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WOMAN'S JOURNAL ELEGANCE IN EVERY LINE 1960
Alistair Michie (1921 – 2008)
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Milton Keynes - A New Activity comes to Life
Minale Tattersfield Provinciali
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BLONDES AND BRUNETTES 1938
Charles Mozley (1914 – 1991)
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TO LOVERS' LANE 1921
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889 – 1946)
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ONE WAY TO PLEASURE - BY MOTOR-BUS 1921
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889 – 1946)
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TAKE THE MOTOR BUS FOR PICNICING 1921
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889 – 1946)
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FOR A GOOD START; WALKERS 1921
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889 – 1946)
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HAMBURG VIA GRIMSBY
Frank Newbould (1887 – 1951)
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ORIENT LINE CRUISES
Frank Newbould (1887 – 1951)
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HOPS 1922
Frank Newbould (1887 – 1951)
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THE CACTUS HOUSE, KEW GARDENS 1922
Frank Newbould (1887 – 1951)
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KINGSTON BY TRAM 1925
Frank Newbould (1887 – 1951)
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EAST COAST TYPES NO. 3 THE LOBSTERMAN C1925
Frank Newbould (1887 – 1951)
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EAST COAST TYPES NO. 2 SCOTTISH FISHER LASS C1925
Frank Newbould (1887 – 1951)
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THE FELIX HOTEL, FELIXSTOWE EARLY 1930s
Gordon Nicoll (1888 – 1959)
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WHERE WOULD FASHION BE WITHOUT ANY PINS?
Graham Cornthwaite (1948 – ), James Wedge (1939 – )
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INFLATION BITES
Not Known
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VAT NOT INCLUDED
Not Known