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Conducted coach tours, bus excursions, circular bus tours

Poster
1950s (made)
Artist/Maker
Baynard Press (printers)
Games, Abram (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Travel poster advertising London Transport bus and coach tours. The image depicts a hand-turned picture-viewer, with photographs of London landmarks. The viewing area is shaped like a bus and coloured green. Below the wheel, attached to the stand, are the London Transport symbol, and three signs. The upper one is green with white lettering, announcing 'Conducted Coach Tours'. Below this, printed in red on a yellow background are the words 'Bus Excursions', and the bottom sign which is white on red, reads 'Circular Bus Tours'. The names of various London landmarks and other local places of interest are printed around the edge of the poster.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleConducted coach tours, bus excursions, circular bus tours (generic title)
Materials and techniques
colour lithograph
Paper
Ink
Lithography
Brief description
Travel poster advertising London Transport bus and coach tours, designed by Abram Games, UK, 1950s
Physical description
Travel poster advertising London Transport bus and coach tours. The image depicts a hand-turned picture-viewer, with photographs of London landmarks. The viewing area is shaped like a bus and coloured green. Below the wheel, attached to the stand, are the London Transport symbol, and three signs. The upper one is green with white lettering, announcing 'Conducted Coach Tours'. Below this, printed in red on a yellow background are the words 'Bus Excursions', and the bottom sign which is white on red, reads 'Circular Bus Tours'. The names of various London landmarks and other local places of interest are printed around the edge of the poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.5cm
  • Width: 63.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'CONDUCTED COACH TOURS / BUS EXCURSIONS / CIRCULAR BUS TOURS' (Below main image, on three signs. The first line is printed white on green, the second red on yellow, the third white on red. The text is presented in a circus or playbill typeface)
  • 'APPLY FOR LEAFLETS TO THE PRIVATE HIRE OFFICE, 55 BROADWAY, WESTMINSTER, S.W.1. ABBEY 1234' (Below main image, printed in green)
  • 'WESTMINSTER ABBEY . TOWER OF LONDON . WINDSOR CASTLE . RICHMOND . BUCKINGHAM PALACE / SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL . HAMPTON COURT . ST. ALBANS ABBEY . NEWLANDS VORNER . WHIPSNADE . RUNNYMEDE . LONDON DOCKS . GREENWICH PARK ' (Printed around edge of poster, from upper left to lower right, clockwise)
  • 'TOWER BRIDGE . HATFIELD HOUSE . CHILTERN HILLS . BATTERSEA PLEASURE GARDENS . LONDON AIRPORTS . KENSINGTON PALACE . ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL . / VIRGINIA WATER . CLANDON PARK . SURREY HILLS . ETON . SEVENOAKS . NORTH DOWNS .' (Printed around edge of poster, from upper left to lower right, anti-clockwise)
  • 'A. GAMES' (Artist's signature, printed in red, upper left corner)
  • '3/52 - 570 H - 2000' (Black print, lower left corner)
  • 'THE BAYNARD PRESS' (Black print, lower right corner)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends of the V&A by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
Tourism
Travel
Photographs
Buses
Castles
Cityscapes
Landmarks
Mutoscopes
Places depicted
Tower of London
St Paul's Cathedral
Windsor Castle
London
Other number
LS.2068 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1027-2004

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Record createdJune 28, 2006
Record URL
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