Update : Here are the winners : how did I do ? Excellent initiative from the LT museum, contemporary artists with a take on ‘sounds’ These are my favourites as they bring a feeling with them My absolute number one is the piano at St Pancras by Lydie Greco. I have …
My new job is certainly taking up my time. I had a wonderful trip to the London Transport Museum recently which turned up some interesting rarities and for example this set I was intrigued by the signature but when I looked it up : it’s our old friend McKnight Kauffer. Was great to see them …
New items in my for sale section are these two E A Cox London Transport posters from 1920, they have cleaned up fantastically well from their previous crusty state, a truly magnificent transformation. Take a close look at their newly smooth form . How does the song go : smoother than a fresh jar of …
Third post today : I’m getting a taste for this We talked sisters yesterday so moving from the impossibly elegant Doris we move on to the similarly statuesque Anna and one of my favorite subjects : cricket. It would have been even more topical if this years Ashes series hadn’t finished with indecent haste this …
Anyone for cricket ? Were the ashes ever so artistic ? Read More »
I’m breaking my one a day rule. Courtesy of LT Museum and including the Zoo poster from earlier. A typical print run in the 1920s was 1,000, of which 850 were required for posting on the system where they were displayed for one month. The remaining 150 copies were available for purchase at the company’s …
One piece of feedback I’ve received ( Thanks Suz) is that the blog would benefit from some personal stuff. Inspired by a visit to the zoo this week : welcome to my own perfectly formed personal collection One poster !! Technically its not a poster either , its a rather battered original piece of art. The …
