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Description: | 'The Proud City' was a series of six posters commissioned by London Transport in 1944. The images were painted by Walter E Spradbery. This edition depicts a view of London Transport's power station at Chelsea. It is silhouetted against wartime searchlights and surrounded by the devastation of the Blitz. Beneath the image is an extract from the writings of artist James McNeill Whistler, who produced many paintings of this area.
Unnecessary travel was discouraged and publicity posters were withdrawn only a few months after the war began. The principal role for pictorial posters at this time was to provide information and boost morale among passengers and staff who were faced with extremely difficult conditions.
A lifelong pacifist, Spradbery served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War. He was also an official war artist. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Identity and Icons Cityscape London at War Art and Design | Temporal: | 1944 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Publisher : London Transport | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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