1975 London Underground Poster - LT Collection - Tom Eckersley
"London Transport Collection" 1975
Designed by Tom Eckersley. Printed by Walter Brian Ltd for London Transport. Poster size: Double Royal 101 x 63cm. No Print code. Excellent condition. Some creases and minor folds in places. Small 2cm tape repair bottom edge.
This stunning poster, featuring a striking representation of the No. 23 Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive, was designed to promote the London Transport Collection. This collection of historic vehicles, posters, signs, tickets and ephemera was displayed at Syon Park in Brentford. It is now all part of the London's Transport Museum collection.
Tom Eckersley (1914-1997) was a highly acclaimed commercial designer who was awarded the Royal Designer for Industry in 1963. Eckersley designed posters for London Transport from the 1930s right through to the 1980s with his most recent work consider his strongest.
In 1935, Eckersley and his college friend Eric Lombers were introduced to Frank Pick (London Transport) by their tutor. Their design for a small car panel poster marked the beginning of a long and productive working relationship for the pair, specialising in poster design. Their partnership came to an end at the break out of WW2 during which time Eckersley worked as a cartographer whilst also designing a series of "war effort" posters. After the war, Eckersley continued his work with London Transport alongside esteemed contempories such as Abram Games, Austin Cooper and Edward Mcknight Kauffer. It was a golden age of poster design.
In the 1970s, Eckersley began making extensive use of coloured paper cut-outs for his artworks as a wider range of colours became available in the 1970s - a technique used for this famous design.
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"London Transport Collection" 1975
Designed by Tom Eckersley. Printed by Walter Brian Ltd for London Transport. Poster size: Double Royal 101 x 63cm. No Print code. Excellent condition. Some creases and minor folds in places. Small 2cm tape repair bottom edge.
This stunning poster, featuring a striking representation of the No. 23 Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive, was designed to promote the London Transport Collection. This collection of historic vehicles, posters, signs, tickets and ephemera was displayed at Syon Park in Brentford. It is now all part of the London's Transport Museum collection.
Tom Eckersley (1914-1997) was a highly acclaimed commercial designer who was awarded the Royal Designer for Industry in 1963. Eckersley designed posters for London Transport from the 1930s right through to the 1980s with his most recent work consider his strongest.
In 1935, Eckersley and his college friend Eric Lombers were introduced to Frank Pick (London Transport) by their tutor. Their design for a small car panel poster marked the beginning of a long and productive working relationship for the pair, specialising in poster design. Their partnership came to an end at the break out of WW2 during which time Eckersley worked as a cartographer whilst also designing a series of "war effort" posters. After the war, Eckersley continued his work with London Transport alongside esteemed contempories such as Abram Games, Austin Cooper and Edward Mcknight Kauffer. It was a golden age of poster design.
In the 1970s, Eckersley began making extensive use of coloured paper cut-outs for his artworks as a wider range of colours became available in the 1970s - a technique used for this famous design.
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"London Transport Collection" 1975
Designed by Tom Eckersley. Printed by Walter Brian Ltd for London Transport. Poster size: Double Royal 101 x 63cm. No Print code. Excellent condition. Some creases and minor folds in places. Small 2cm tape repair bottom edge.
This stunning poster, featuring a striking representation of the No. 23 Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive, was designed to promote the London Transport Collection. This collection of historic vehicles, posters, signs, tickets and ephemera was displayed at Syon Park in Brentford. It is now all part of the London's Transport Museum collection.
Tom Eckersley (1914-1997) was a highly acclaimed commercial designer who was awarded the Royal Designer for Industry in 1963. Eckersley designed posters for London Transport from the 1930s right through to the 1980s with his most recent work consider his strongest.
In 1935, Eckersley and his college friend Eric Lombers were introduced to Frank Pick (London Transport) by their tutor. Their design for a small car panel poster marked the beginning of a long and productive working relationship for the pair, specialising in poster design. Their partnership came to an end at the break out of WW2 during which time Eckersley worked as a cartographer whilst also designing a series of "war effort" posters. After the war, Eckersley continued his work with London Transport alongside esteemed contempories such as Abram Games, Austin Cooper and Edward Mcknight Kauffer. It was a golden age of poster design.
In the 1970s, Eckersley began making extensive use of coloured paper cut-outs for his artworks as a wider range of colours became available in the 1970s - a technique used for this famous design.
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