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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 right 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: [Persian text] WALTER E SPRADBERY 1944 [Persian text] [the proud city. St. Thomas's hospital and the Houses of Parliament on either side of Westminster Bridge. 'Dull would he be of soul who could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty': an extract from 'Upon Westminster Bridge' by William Wordsworth (British poet 1770-1850). This is one a series of six posters displayed in London by the London Passenger Transport Board.] 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 | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3418... | Go to resource |
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