BRITISH POSTERS 1890-1980
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THE SAVOY - COMPLETE IN THREE VOLUMES 1896 Aubrey Beardsley (1872 – 1898) M/7
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POSTER FOR THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM 1926 Edward Wadsworth (1889 – 1949) M/X37 © TfL from the London Transport Museum Collection
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BISTO FOR TEMPTING HASHES 1935 Will Owen (1869 – 1957) M/399 © The Artist's Estate
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ROWNTREE'S ELECT COCOA ORIGINAL DATED 1900 Beggarstaff Brothers (1869/1872 – 1941/1949) M/485
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KING LEAR Ginn Ginn Gilliam - Donald Cooper G&B Arts M/498
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EPPING FOREST QUICKLY REACHED FROM LIVERPOOL STREET 1923 F Gregory Brown (1887 – 1941) M/A32 © TfL from the London Transport Museum Collection
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CASSELL'S MAGAZINE 1901 Lewis Christopher Edward Baumer (1870 – 1963) M/6
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KINGSTON BY TRAM 1925 Frank Newbould (1887 – 1951) M/B81 © TfL from the London Transport Museum Collection
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MOVE AT THE MARQUEE 1967 Hapshash & The Coloured Coat M/738
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SANDEMAN'S PORT EARLY 1920S Edward Loxton Knight (1905 – 1993) M/B73 © The Artist's Estate
An exhibition of over 90 important vintage posters, chosen for their historical value and design impact. Posters became recognised as an art form only in the late 19th century and this exhibition includes work by the best of the British poster artists, including John Hassall, McKnight Kauffer and Beardsley. There are posters from many fields, commercial, theatrical and public information. London Transport’s famous series is well represented.
Collection Artist(s)
- Alan Aldridge
- Edward Ardizzone
- John Armstrong
- Lewis Christopher Edward Baumer
- Aubrey Beardsley
- Beggarstaff Brothers
- Sir Peter Blake
- Olive Grace Bourne
- F Gregory Brown
- Philip Castle
- Elijah Albert Cox
- Tim Demuth
- Edmund Dulac
- Tom Eckersley
- Michael English
- Claude Lovat Fraser
- Abram Games
- David Gentleman
- Ginn Ginn Gilliam - Donald Cooper G&B Arts
- Aubrey Hammond
- Hapshash & The Coloured Coat
- Dudley Hardy
- John Hassall
- F H K Henrion
- Frederic Charles Herrick
- David Hockney
- Maxwell Holmes
- Allen Jones
- Edward McKnight Kauffer
- Patrick Cokayne Keely
- Eric Henri Kennington
- William Little
- Edward Loxton Knight
- Neil MacDonald
- Diane Marshall
- D Maxwell
- Frank Newbould
- Ben Nicholson
- Not Known
- Will Owen
- Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
- Tom Purvis
- Gladys Mary Rees
- Michael Reid
- Charles Sharland
- Shirt Sleeve Studio
- Walter E Spradberry
- Ken Sprague
- Roslav Szaybo
- Emilio Camilio Leopoldo Tafani
- Fred Taylor
- Hans Unger
- Edward Wadsworth
- Chris White
- Charles A Wilkinson
- Edgar Wilson
Glossary
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Design
The arrangement of elements or details in an artefact or a work of art.
