- Title:
- The Tower of London
- Date:
- 1956
- Materials & Techniques:
- Lithograph
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 39 7/8 x 24 15/16 inches (101.3 x 63.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
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"].
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965
- Copyright Status:
- © TfL
- Accession Number:
- B1993.3.6
- Classification:
- Posters
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4051
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