French Row, St. Albans, poster by V L Danvers issued by London Underground, c1922
One of the many wonderful posters issued byt he London Underground group over the decades since c1908 and this, from 1922, is of the city of St. Albans that wasn't on the Underground but that was served by the London General Omnibus Company that was owned by the Group. The 1920s was one of the golden decades for London Transport's posters and Verney Danvers was one of the artists that probably most captures the style of the period in terms of poster design; blocks of colour and quite stylised depiction of the scene. Although the poster in this style doesn't mention the advertiser it did, when formally issued, carry the Underground Group's then logo. This block seems to have been issued without the logo but the typeface is a giveaway as it is set in the Group's own Johnston typeface, then quite new having only been introduced a few years earlier. I have previously posted the 'artwork' and so, below, for comparison is the link. The plate notes that the repro blocks were by Vaus & Crampton and the printing inks by Shackell, Edwards & Co Ltd.
French Row, St. Albans, poster by V L Danvers issued by London Underground, c1922
One of the many wonderful posters issued byt he London Underground group over the decades since c1908 and this, from 1922, is of the city of St. Albans that wasn't on the Underground but that was served by the London General Omnibus Company that was owned by the Group. The 1920s was one of the golden decades for London Transport's posters and Verney Danvers was one of the artists that probably most captures the style of the period in terms of poster design; blocks of colour and quite stylised depiction of the scene. Although the poster in this style doesn't mention the advertiser it did, when formally issued, carry the Underground Group's then logo. This block seems to have been issued without the logo but the typeface is a giveaway as it is set in the Group's own Johnston typeface, then quite new having only been introduced a few years earlier. I have previously posted the 'artwork' and so, below, for comparison is the link. The plate notes that the repro blocks were by Vaus & Crampton and the printing inks by Shackell, Edwards & Co Ltd.