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Poster advertising a competition run by London Transport. At the top and bottom are images of sculptures in London including a relief of a female nude with eagles, three reclined figures on tombs, a nude female kneeling on one knee, three statues of male figures and a man riding a horse. Printed in ultramarine, orange, pink, black, green, brown-grey and beige, Selected text on the poster reads \'CHARLES I looks down Whitehall to his place of execution; one of his sons dressed curiously as a Roman emporer stands not far away. [...continued at length...] COMPETITION These two posters depict fourteen sculptures of various kinds that may be seen in London. Readers are invited to send a list giving the names of persons represented [...continued at length.

Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries

Aberystwyth

Title

London Transport Competition Poster

Date

1929

Medium

Colour lithograph on white wove paper

Accession number

PR1525

Work type

Print

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Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries

School of Art, Museum & Gallery, Buarth Mawr, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 1NG Wales

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