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Description: | Concept: transport, civilian morale, architecture, emblems, cityscape, civilian personnel, 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 brown. All held within a narrow white border and set against a grey background. image: a cityscape of London, depicting bomb damaged buildings near the Church of St. Clement Danes. text: THE PROUD CITY WALTER E SPRADBERY 1944 THE NOBLE FABRIC OF THE CHURCH OF ST. CLEMENT DANES 'Where the fair columns of St. Clement stand Whose straiten'd bounds encroach upon the Strand;'* John Gay (English poet, 1685-1732) *This historic church, burnt out in an air raid, stood on an 'island' in the middle of the Strand, one of London's busiest streets 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: church | 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=3419... | Go to resource |
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