Defacing Posters

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Artist/Maker	London Transport Board (issued by) Johnson, Edward (designer)
Place of origin	England (made)

London Transport poster warning people not to deface posters. London Underground symbols in green squares, some in white outline alternating with others in white, form a border around the edge. The text is in blue in the Edward Johnson designed font adopted by London Transport and in use from 1918 until the 1980s. Against a white background.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Defacing Posters (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithography on paper Paper Ink Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	London Transport poster asking people not to deface posters; Britain.
Physical description	London Transport poster warning people not to deface posters. London Underground symbols in green squares, some in white outline alternating with others in white, form a border around the edge. The text is in blue in the Edward Johnson designed font adopted by London Transport and in use from 1918 until the 1980s. Against a white background.
Dimensions	Height: 76cm Width: 50.7cm
Production type	Mass produced
Marks and inscriptions	DEFACING POSTERS / It is an offence punishable by / the Courts to deface or damage / posters exhibited on London / Transport stations or trains. / A reward will be given to any / person providing information / which leads to the conviction / of anyone defacing posters. / Don't scribble on posters / LONDON TRANSPORT [in logo] (In blue centre of poster) The Baynard Press (In blue lower right corner) 269-7018-1000 (In blue lower left corner) 8[?]6/2375M/60000(2chgs.) (In green lower left below border)
Credit line	Gift of Ruth and Joseph Bromberg in memory of their son Michael
Subject depicted	Typography
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.584-1999

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Record created	March 18, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O202736/defacing-posters-poster-johnson-edward/

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