Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Dorrit Dekk, born 1917, Czech

Printed by John Swain and Son Ltd, British

Commissioned by London Transport, 1937–2004, British
Title:
We Londoners
Date:
1961
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Sheet: 40 1/16 x 25 1/16 inches (101.8 x 63.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower center: "WE LONDONERS… | London Transport is proud to present a display of its more decorative passengers for the interest of the more soberly dressed. No prizes are offered for naming these types correctly, but they are all authentic and can all be 'collected' by bus or Underground." In tiny black type, along bottom edge of image, left: "161/153M/2700"; right: "JOHN SWAIN & SON LTD."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965
Copyright Status:
© TfL
Accession Number:
B1993.3.14
Classification:
Posters
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
subway | judge | students | mayor | transport | genre subject | fishmonger | drayman | Londoners | pearlies | mace bearer | swan upper | Queen's waterman
Associated Places:
London | Europe | United Kingdom | England
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art for All - British Posters for Transport (Musée de l'Imprimerie, 2010-10-13 - 2011-02-15)

Art for All - British Posters for Transport (The Wolfsonian Museum, 2011-04-15 - 2011-08-14)

Art for All - British Posters for Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-05-27 - 2010-08-15)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4046