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Defacing Posters

Poster
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.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleDefacing 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 typeMass 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 createdMarch 18, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O202736/defacing-posters-poster-johnson-edward/
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