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Creator:
Dorrit Dekk, born 1917
Printed by John Swain and Son Ltd
Commissioned by London Transport, 1937–2004
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."

Signed in black, upper left corner: "Dekk"

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:
drayman | fishmonger | genre subject | judge | Londoners | mace bearer | mayor | pearlies | Queen's waterman | students | subway | swan upper | transport
Associated Places:
England | Europe | London | United Kingdom
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4046
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