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Walkers : For A Good Start Use The Motor-Bus

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

Colour lithograph poster advertising the London General Omnibus Company. The design shows two people walking in open coutryside, a blue sky with white clouds above them, and 'Walkers. For A Good Start Use The Motor-Bus' lettered in blue at the bottom of the image.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleWalkers : For A Good Start Use The Motor-Bus
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Walkers : For A Good Start Use The Motor-Bus'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the London General Omnibus Company. Designed by Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson and issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1921.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising the London General Omnibus Company. The design shows two people walking in open coutryside, a blue sky with white clouds above them, and 'Walkers. For A Good Start Use The Motor-Bus' lettered in blue at the bottom of the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100.7cm
  • Width: 62.2cm
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
  • Signed.
  • 'WALKERS / FOR A GOOD START / USE THE MOTOR-BUS' (Lettered in blue at the bottom of the image.)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted
People
Walking
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
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
Other number
28/B8 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1335-1921

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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