John LewisLondon Transport Museum 'Brightest London is Best Reached by Underground' Framed Vintage Poster, 60 x 40cm, Multi
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Product code: 77580504
From the London Transport Museum archive, an officially licensed museum-quality framed and glazed fine art reproduction print. Made in the UK with a solid ash wood frame, ready to hang on your wall.
For over 100 years, since Frank Pick commissioned the first graphic poster for the London Underground, the London Transport Company has kept copies of everything it has produced and now boasts one of the finest poster archives in the world. Designed by the leading graphic designers, illustrators and artists of the 20th century, the posters are not only wonderful mementoes of London's past, they showcase British design at its best.
Originally commissioned in 1924 by Underground Electric Railway Company Limited, Horace Taylor's Brightest London is Best Reached by Underground has long since been recognised for its use of colour. The artist began his career working for the Manchester Guardian as a stage designer and cartoonist. From 1922 onwards he dedicated his career to designing commercial art and posters for numerous important clients including the London Underground and Empire Marketing Board. Aptly illustrating the diversity and colour of London fashion, the vibrancy of the poster emblazoned the walls of the Underground at a time when film was still shot in black and white. Taylor even includes himself in the print, featuring as the bearded man in the top hat riding the central escalator. He produced another poster that year titled Brightest London and Home by Underground.
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Product specification
- Art Movement
- Modern Art
- Artist or Illustrator
- London Transport Museum
- Brand
- John Lewis
- Can be personalised?
- Cannot be Personalised
- Care instructions
- Clean with a soft dry cloth
- Composition
- solid ash frame, glass
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions
- H60 x W40 x D3.50cm
- Finish
- Stained
- Glazing Type
- Glass
- Made in the UK
- Yes
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Size
- Medium (Up to 70cm x 70cm)
- Subject
- Decorative Art, Floral & Still Life
- Weight
- 2.40kg
- size
- H60 x W40cm
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