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YCBA/lido-TMS-4051
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E22_Human-Made_Object
Human-Made Object
300178376
planographic print
300027221
poster
300027221
Poster
The Tower of London
In black, upper left corner: "UNGER" [parallel vertical lines cross through the "G"]. In black type, beneath the image: "A beefeater's ghost from the City| Found the girls of to-day not as pretty| As Lady Jane Grey| Whom he spoke to each day." In green script: "On the Towers of London where he goes | on weekdays from 10-4, paying| 1/-, but it's free (hurrah!) on Saturdays | and on Bank Holidays". In small black type, along bottom edge, left: "156-129M-1500"; right: "THE BAYNARD PRESS".
Lettered, center left: "CUT HERE"; lower center: "A beefeater's ghost from the City | Found the girls of to-day not as pretty | As Lady Jane Grey | Whom he spoke to each day | On the Tower of London where he goes on weekdays from 10-4, paying 1/-, but it's free (hurrah!) on Saturdays and on Bank Holidays."
In black, upper left corner: "UNGER" [parallel vertical lines cross through the "G"].
500303557
Yale Center for British Art
http://britishart.yale.edu
B1993.3.6
Not on view
Yale Center for British Art
41.3080060, -72.9306282
39 7/8 x 24 15/16 inches (101.3 x 63.3 cm)
width
cm
63.3
height
cm
101.3
Sheet
4051
300054713
production
Hans Unger, 1915–1975, German
ycba_actor_6438
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014158007
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21466046
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500475891
https://viaf.org/viaf/282693869
Hans Unger
Unger Hans E., 1915–1975
Hans Unger, 1915–1975
Hans Unger, 1915–1975
German
1915
1975
male
300025103
Artist
Commissioned by London Transport, 1937–2004, British
ycba_actor_8725
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682520
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16934097
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500285567
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1583868
http://viaf.org/viaf/153411703
London Transport
Transport for London
Underground Electric Railways Company Ltd.
London Passenger Transport Board
London Transport, 1937–2004
London Transport, 1937–2004
Commissioned by London Transport, 1937–2004
British
1937
2004
300025103
Artist
Commissioned by
Printed by The Baynard Press, British
ycba_actor_8724
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85046470
Baynard Press
The Baynard Press
The Baynard Press
The Baynard Press
Printed by The Baynard Press
British
1894
0
300025103
Artist
Printed by
1956
1956
1956
26
20th century
Lithograph
Art for All - British Posters for Transport (Musée de l'Imprimerie, 2010-10-13 - 2011-02-15)
501
https://britishart.yale.edu/node/633
300054766
exhibition
Art for All - British Posters for Transport
Yale Center for British Art
Musée de l'Imprimerie
ycba_actor_9373
Musée de l'Imprimerie
0
0
2010-10-13 - 2011-02-15
2010-10-13
2011-02-15
Musée de l'Imprimerie
ycba_actor_9373
Musée de l'Imprimerie
Lyon
7008772
Lyon
300435424
In 1908 the London Underground (officially the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, later the London Passenger Transport Board, or LPTB), under the leadership of Frank Pick, began an aggressive promotional campaign that became one of the most successful, adventurous, and best sustained branding operations ever attempted. This poster campaign not only encouraged ridership on the public transport system but also helped to foster a civic identity for the city of London, and the more than five thousand images produced include some of the greatest achievements of poster art. According to art historian Nikolas Pevsner, writing in 1942, “No exhibition of modern painting, no lecturing, no school of teaching can have had anything like so wide an effect on the educationable masses as the unceasing production and display of LPTB posters of the years 1930–40.” — —
The gift to the Center by Henry S. Hacker (Yale College, Class of 1965) of his major collection of transport posters provided the occasion for an examination of these extraordinary works. Art for All featured more than one hundred outstanding posters executed for both the Underground, by designers such as Edward McKnight Kauffer, Frederick Herrick, and Hans Schleger, and for the British railways, by designers such as Tom Purvis and Frank Newbould. The exhibition explored the evolution of transport posters in twentieth-century Britain, highlighting specific features such as the career of Kauffer, the work of women artists, how the posters were initially displayed, and the larger implications of these advertising campaigns. — —
Venues — —
Yale Center for British Art: May 27–August 15, 2010 — —
Musée de l’Imprimerie, Lyon, France: October 15, 2010–February 13, 2011 — —
The Wolfsonian, Florida International University: April 15–August 14, 2011 — —
Credits — —
Art for All was organized by the Center and curated by Teri J. Edelstein, Principal, Teri J. Edelstein Museum Strategies. The organizing curator at the Center was Scott Wilcox, Chief Curator of Art Collections and Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings.
Yale Center for British Art
Art for All - British Posters for Transport (The Wolfsonian Museum, 2011-04-15 - 2011-08-14)
501
https://britishart.yale.edu/node/633
300054766
exhibition
Art for All - British Posters for Transport
Yale Center for British Art
The Wolfsonian Museum
ycba_actor_8467
The Wolfsonian Museum
Wolfsonian Museum
0
0
2011-04-15 - 2011-08-14
2011-04-15
2011-08-14
The Wolfsonian Museum
ycba_actor_8467
The Wolfsonian Museum
Miami Beach
7014045
Miami Beach
300435424
In 1908 the London Underground (officially the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, later the London Passenger Transport Board, or LPTB), under the leadership of Frank Pick, began an aggressive promotional campaign that became one of the most successful, adventurous, and best sustained branding operations ever attempted. This poster campaign not only encouraged ridership on the public transport system but also helped to foster a civic identity for the city of London, and the more than five thousand images produced include some of the greatest achievements of poster art. According to art historian Nikolas Pevsner, writing in 1942, “No exhibition of modern painting, no lecturing, no school of teaching can have had anything like so wide an effect on the educationable masses as the unceasing production and display of LPTB posters of the years 1930–40.” — —
The gift to the Center by Henry S. Hacker (Yale College, Class of 1965) of his major collection of transport posters provided the occasion for an examination of these extraordinary works. Art for All featured more than one hundred outstanding posters executed for both the Underground, by designers such as Edward McKnight Kauffer, Frederick Herrick, and Hans Schleger, and for the British railways, by designers such as Tom Purvis and Frank Newbould. The exhibition explored the evolution of transport posters in twentieth-century Britain, highlighting specific features such as the career of Kauffer, the work of women artists, how the posters were initially displayed, and the larger implications of these advertising campaigns. — —
Venues — —
Yale Center for British Art: May 27–August 15, 2010 — —
Musée de l’Imprimerie, Lyon, France: October 15, 2010–February 13, 2011 — —
The Wolfsonian, Florida International University: April 15–August 14, 2011 — —
Credits — —
Art for All was organized by the Center and curated by Teri J. Edelstein, Principal, Teri J. Edelstein Museum Strategies. The organizing curator at the Center was Scott Wilcox, Chief Curator of Art Collections and Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings.
Yale Center for British Art
Art for All - British Posters for Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-05-27 - 2010-08-15)
501
https://britishart.yale.edu/node/633
300054766
exhibition
Art for All - British Posters for Transport
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
Yale Center for British Art
YCBA
BAC
British Art Center
1977
0
66
Lender
2010-05-27 - 2010-08-15
2010-05-27
2010-08-15
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77005277
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500303557
https://viaf.org/viaf/155449049
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6352575
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven
7014210
New Haven
300435424
In 1908 the London Underground (officially the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, later the London Passenger Transport Board, or LPTB), under the leadership of Frank Pick, began an aggressive promotional campaign that became one of the most successful, adventurous, and best sustained branding operations ever attempted. This poster campaign not only encouraged ridership on the public transport system but also helped to foster a civic identity for the city of London, and the more than five thousand images produced include some of the greatest achievements of poster art. According to art historian Nikolas Pevsner, writing in 1942, “No exhibition of modern painting, no lecturing, no school of teaching can have had anything like so wide an effect on the educationable masses as the unceasing production and display of LPTB posters of the years 1930–40.” — —
The gift to the Center by Henry S. Hacker (Yale College, Class of 1965) of his major collection of transport posters provided the occasion for an examination of these extraordinary works. Art for All featured more than one hundred outstanding posters executed for both the Underground, by designers such as Edward McKnight Kauffer, Frederick Herrick, and Hans Schleger, and for the British railways, by designers such as Tom Purvis and Frank Newbould. The exhibition explored the evolution of transport posters in twentieth-century Britain, highlighting specific features such as the career of Kauffer, the work of women artists, how the posters were initially displayed, and the larger implications of these advertising campaigns. — —
Venues — —
Yale Center for British Art: May 27–August 15, 2010 — —
Musée de l’Imprimerie, Lyon, France: October 15, 2010–February 13, 2011 — —
The Wolfsonian, Florida International University: April 15–August 14, 2011 — —
Credits — —
Art for All was organized by the Center and curated by Teri J. Edelstein, Principal, Teri J. Edelstein Museum Strategies. The organizing curator at the Center was Scott Wilcox, Chief Curator of Art Collections and Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings.
Yale Center for British Art
4051
300157782
acquisition
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
YCBA
BAC
Yale Center for British Art
British Art Center
1977
0
300203630
Owner
1993
1993
1993
300138913
gift
300055603
500303557
Yale Center for British Art
https://britishart.yale.edu
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965
300055598
© TfL
300435434
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
4051
300133025
Volume
500303557
Yale Center for British Art
http://britishart.yale.edu
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4051
oai:tms.ycba.yale.edu:4051