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Description: | Concept: transport, civilian morale, architecture, emblems, cityscape, natural phenomena / time / weather, 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 blue. All held within a narrow white border and set against a light grey background. image: a cityscape of London, depicting a rainbow shining in the sky above the bomb damaged buildings of the Temple Church and library. text: THE PROUD CITY WALTER E. SPRADBERY 1944 THE TEMPLE CHURCH AND LIBRARY AFTER BOMBARDMENT 'So may the Winged Horse, your ancient badge and cognisance, still flourish!'* Charles Lamb (English essayist and critic 1775-1834) * The Inner Temple is the home of an ancient legal society whose badge is a winged horse. THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF SIX POSTERS DISPLAYED IN LONDON BY THE LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY JOHNSON, RIDDLE and Co., LTD, LONDON, S.E. 20. 51-9260 Object: church | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Spradbery, Walter E DCM Printer: Johnson, Riddle and Co Ltd, Penge, London SE20 Publisher/Sponsor: London Passenger Transport Board | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3418... | Go to resource |
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