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Description: | This poster was designed for the London General Omnibus Company in 1920 by William Kerridge Haselden. The celebrated cartoonist and caricaturist worked for the Daily Mirror between 1904 and 1940. He produced thousands of cartoons in this style, which consisted of a single frame divided into a number of panels. The format became popular and Haselden was heralded as the father of the British cartoon strip.
Haselden's witty cartoons were an eye-catching and memorable form of social commentary. The style lent itself perfectly to the company's public information posters.
This poster records an average middle-class Londoner's experience whilst catching the bus. It is gently informative without being didactic, and the humorous approach proved extremely popular with the public. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Art and Design | Temporal: | 1920 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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