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Description: | Concept: transport, civilian personnel, civilian morale, architecture, emblems, cityscape, motor vehicles, bomb damage Description: whole: the image is positioned in the upper three-quarters, held within a white border. The logo of the London Passenger Transport Board is located in the lower left. The title and text are separate and placed in the top edge left and lower quarter, in grey. All held within a narrow white border and set against a light brown background. image: a cityscape of London, depicting the bomb damaged building of St. Thomas's hospital. The Houses of Parliament are positioned in the background right. text: THE PROUD CITY WALTER E SPRADBERY 1944 ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL AND THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT (standing on opposite approaches to Westminster Bridge) 'Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty.' William Wordsworth 'Upon Westminster Bridge' (English poet, 1770-1850) THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF SIX POSTERS DISPLAYED IN LONDON BY THE LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD PRINTED IN ENGLAND AT THE BAYNARD PRESS LONDON, S.W.9. 51-9259 Object: car, tram | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Spradbery, Walter E DCM Printer: The Baynard Press, London, SW9 Publisher/Sponsor: London Passenger Transport Board Associated Person: Wordsworth, William | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3418... | Go to resource |
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