Title & Author:

London Transport posters : a century of art and design / edited by David Bownes and Oliver Green ; with contributions by Jonathan Black [and others].

Publication:

Aldershot [England] ; Burlington, VT : Lund Humphries ; London : in association with London Transport Museum, ©2008.

Description:

240 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-236) and index.
Foreword: Frank Pick: a personal tribute / Tim O'Toole -- Introduction / David Bownes and Oliver Green -- Timeline -- Pictorial Posters in Britain at the turn of the twentieth century / Catherine Flood -- Appearance values: Frank Pick and the art of London Transport / Oliver Green -- Artist and printer: poster production 1900-70 / Alan Powers -- The new publicity: design reform, commercial art and design education 1910-39 / Paul Rennie -- Selling the underground suburbs 1908-33 / David Bownes -- Fashioning the tube: women and transport posters in the 1920s and 1930s / Emmanuelle Dirix -- "Pictures with a sting': the London Underground and the interwar modernist poster / Jonathan Black -- Underground posters in wartime / Bex Lewis and David Bownes -- The roller coaster ride: London Transport posters since 1945 / Brian Webb -- Art for all? The reception of underground posters / Claire Dobbin.

Summary:

London Transport's poster collection represents the most complete graphic archive of its kind to be assembled by a single organisation over such a long period anywhere in the world. This book is richly illustrated with examples of posters from all periods.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0853319847 (hbk.)
9780853319849 (hbk.)
0853319855 (pbk.)
9780853319856 (pbk.)

Subject:

London Transport Board Posters.
London Transport Board.
Urban transportation England London Posters.
Posters England London 20th century.
Transports urbains Angleterre Londres Affiches.
Affiches Angleterre Londres 20e siècle.
Urban transportation England Posters.
Posters England 20th century.
Posters
Urban transportation
Poster
Affiches Transports urbains Londres (GB) Grande-Bretagne 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Publicité Transports urbains Londres (GB) Ouvrages illustrés.
Arts graphiques Transports urbains Londres (GB) Ouvrages illustrés.
England London Dalston
England London
London Underground.

Form/genre:

Poster
posters.
Posters
Affiches.

Added entries:

Bownes, David.
Green, Oliver.
Black, Jonathan, 1969-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259469
Call No.: BIB 190390
Status: Available