London Passenger Transport Board, London, England Sanders Phillips and Company, Ltd. at The Baynard Press, London, England
Description
Research in ProgressPoster design for the London Underground, advertising a memorial exhibition in celebration of Kauffer at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and featuring a re-print of one of Kauffer's designs. Center, a colorful wooded landscape. Directly below, captioning the image: A reprint of a poster designed for London Transport in 1938 by the late E. McKnight Kauffer, Hon. R.D.I. At bottom, in black script-like text: How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky / The gorgeous frame of Summer which is fled. / THOMAS HOOD. Below, in red text: A memorial exhibition of the work of E. McKnight Kauffer is at the Victoria & Albert Museum / from October 7 to November 27. Admission free. By train or bus 14, 30, 45, 49, / 96 week-days to South Kensington Station, or bus 9, 46 week-days, 52, 73, 74 to Exhibition Road [London Underground logo].
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Lithograph On Paper
Gift of Grace Schulman
