Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Ada Elizabeth Edith Swanwick, 1915–1989, British

Commissioned by London Transport, 1937–2004, British
Title:
Kew Gardens
Date:
1937
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Sheet: 40 1/8 x 24 13/16 inches (101.9 x 63 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In artist's hand, in brown, bottom left of image: "Betty Swanwick". In red type, beneath image: "KEW GARDENS"; in green: "Open daily from 10 to dusk | Admission - 1d. (Tuesdays and | Fridays, Students' Days - 6 d."; in red: "KEW GARDENS STATION". In tiny brown type, bottom left corner of poster: "37.616"; in tiny green type, slightly to the right: 37-2951-1500:. In graphite [erased], bottom right corner of canvas backing: "$375".
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965
Copyright Status:
© TfL
Accession Number:
B2000.8.17
Classification:
Posters
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
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:48750