LT London The Proud City Temple Church Spradbery WWII

£1,250.00

Original vintage poster from the London Transport series The Proud City featuring a painting of the World War Two ruins of Temple Church and Library after bombardment below a rainbow by Walter E. Spradbery (1889-1969) with a quote by the English essayist and critic Charles Lamb (1775-1834) "So may the Winged Horse, your ancient badge and cognisance, still flourish!" next to the London Transport roundel logo with an explanatory note below: The Inner Temple is the home of an ancient legal society whose badge is a winged horse - and text running across the bottom: This is one of a series of six posters displayed in London by the London Passenger Transport Board. Good condition, tears and restored minor loss on bottom left corner, backed on linen.

Country

UK

Year

1944

Style

Travel Posters

Artist

Walter E. Spradbery

Size (cm)

101.5x64.5