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poster, 1951

Poster entitled 'Tempera Paintings' by William Blake, an exhibition held at the Arts Council Gallery between 15 June and 21 July 1951.

82.158/275


poster, 1951

Poster advertising the Festival of Britain's Sea Travelling Exhibition on the Festival Ship Campania. The upper section of the poster has a drawing, by Holland, of the Campania being towed in to dock, while the lower section reads ' The Festival of Britain 1951 The Festival Ship Campania' with a blank space, possibly for the inclusion of local information.

82.158/313


poster, 1951

Poster promoting the play 'A Sleep of Prisoners' performed by the Religious Drama Society and the Pilgrim Players at the Church of St Thomas, Regent's Street between 15 May and 17 June 1951, as part of the Festival of Britain. The poster is largely textual and lists actors Denholm Elliot, Hugh Pryse, Leonard White and Stanley Baker and director Michael Macowan.

82.158/312


poster, 1951

Shenral Press (printer); Jones, Barbara (designer)

Poster promoting an exhibition entitled 'Black Eyes and Lemonade' held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery between 11 August and 6 October 1951. The exhibition explored British popular art and was organised in conjunction with the Arts Council and the Society for Education in Art, as part of the Festival of Britain. The poster, designed by Barbara Jones, is yellow overprinted in black and features two large black eyes from which radiate the names of various artefacts considered to be expressions of popular art e.g. valentines, souvenirs, broadsheets.

82.158/303


poster, 1951

Harrison and Sons (printer)

Poster for an exhibition on Victorian photography held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London between 1 May and 11 October, 1951. The poster has a black and white photograph of a Victorian child.
h 76 x w 50.5 cm
82.158/298


poster, 1951

A.Games (designer); Games, Abram (designer)

Poster for the 'Model Engineer Exhibition' held at the New Horticultural Hall, London between 22 August and 1 September 1951. Designed by Abram Games, the poster combines images of a steam locomotive and a measuring instrument.
h 74.5 x 50 cm
82.158/297


poster, 1951

Lund Humphries (printer)

Poster for the exhibition 'Ten Decades, A Review of British Taste, 1851-1951', held at the Galleries of the Royal Society of British Artists between 10 August and 27 September, 1951. The poster is overprinted in a vibrant pink with an image of classical painting next to an image of contemporary sculpture.
h 76 x w 51 cm
82.158/293


poster, 1951

His Majesty's Stationery Office (publisher)

Poster, full colour, detailing the proposed construction of the Lansbury Estate, Poplar. The poster shows two hands rising from bomb damaged London, one carrying a drawing of the Lansbury estate the other an interior view of a flat. The slogan reads 'New homes rise form London's ruins...'. The poster advertises the showpiece Lansbury Estate at Poplar, erected by London County Council as the ' Live Architecture Exhibition' of the Festival of Britain. The estate was named after the East End Labour politician George Lansbury and embodied all the latest thinking about town planning and social housing.

95.249


poster, 1951

His Majesty's Stationery Office (printer)

Poster advertising the Live Architecture Exhibition at Lansbury, Poplar. With the inscription 'See London's new neighbourhood growing', It is coloured peach and yellow with red stripes, has text in black and the Festival Star logo at the bottom.

82.158/280


poster, 1951

His Majesty's Stationery Office (publisher); Fosh and Cross Ltd (printer)

Poster advertising the visit of the Festival Ship Campania to Bidston Dock, Birkenhead between 5 and 14 September 1951. The poster includes information on opening times and admission charges. The poster is full colour, bears an illustration of the Campania and is branded with the Festival Star logo.

82.158/545




 
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