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Lovers To Lovers' Lanes By Motor Bus

Poster Design
1921 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Nevinson, Christopher Richard Wynne (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)
London (issued)

Original design for a poster advertising the London General Omnibus Company. 'Lovers To Lovers' Lanes By Motor Bus'. The design shows a man and a woman walking in the moonlight, with shadows and silhouettes of trees and bushes about them. 'Lovers To Lovers’ Lanes By Motor Bus' is lettered in pale-blue at the bottom of the image.

Object details

Categories
Designs
Advertising
Transport
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster design
TitleLovers To Lovers' Lanes By Motor Bus (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Body colour
Body Colour
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Original design by Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson for a poster entitled 'Lovers To Lovers' Lanes By Motor Bus', advertising the London General Omnibus Company, issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. Great Britain, 1921.
Physical description
Original design for a poster advertising the London General Omnibus Company. 'Lovers To Lovers' Lanes By Motor Bus'. The design shows a man and a woman walking in the moonlight, with shadows and silhouettes of trees and bushes about them. 'Lovers To Lovers’ Lanes By Motor Bus' is lettered in pale-blue at the bottom of the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 96.8cm
  • Width: 57cm
Measurements taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'C.R.W. Nevinson' (Signed.)
  • 'LOVERS / TO LOVERS' LANES / BY MOTOR-BUS' (Lettered in pale-blue at the bottom of the image.)
Production
The final poster was issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. in 1921.
Subjects depicted
Romance
Man
Woman
Moonlight
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1926
Other numbers
  • 28/C4 - V&A microfiche
  • C.10099 - Object no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.842-1926

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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