John LewisLondon Transport Museum Vintage Posters Unframed Prints, Set of 4, 40 x 30cm, Assorted

Create a gallery wall from this collection of four vintage London Transport Museum posters, celebrating London's cultural sights and events, as well as British design.

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.

Charles Paine's iconic Boat Race 1923 poster was originally published by Underground Electric Railway Company Limited in 1923. This striking unframed print celebrates one of London's best-known sporting traditions. Charles Paine was a versatile and prolific designer. His training started with an apprenticeship in stained glass. He also attended evening classes at Manchester School of Art, before moving to London to further his study. His time at the Royal College of Art however was interrupted by military service. During the 1920s he designed posters for the Underground Group and in the 1930s he lived and worked in Welwyn Garden City, before moving to Jersey.

Published on the London Transport network in 1921, this reproduction print of Laura Knight's the Rugby at Twickenham brings colour and nostalgia to any wall. Laura Knight was an accomplished and prolific artist. Her etchings, watercolours and oil paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1903. At art school she met the painter Harold Knight, whom she later married. They spent much time in Holland before living in Cornwall and finally moving to London in 1918. Knight is best known for her landscapes and depiction of the ballet and circus. She also designed table and glassware for Wedgwood and posters for London Transport. Working as an Official War Artist during the Second World War, she gave a powerful account of the Nuremberg War Crimes trials. Knight was the first women to be elected as a Royal Academician.

The Regent's Park Zoo poster was designed by Charles Paine, a versatile and prolific designer. His training started with an apprenticeship in stained glass. He also attended evening classes at Manchester School of Art, before moving to London to further his study. His time at the Royal College of Art however was interrupted by military service. During the 1920s he designed posters for the Underground Group and in the 1930s he lived and worked in Welwyn Garden City, before moving to Jersey.

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