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Description: | This poster was published by the Underground Electric Railway Company in 1917.
During the First World War, Underground posters took on a propaganda function in addition to their publicity role. Many were overtly patriotic and designed to boost public morale. Posters like this one however aimed to communicate in a more private way with a selected audience. Copies would have been sent to British troops in France to decorate their army billets and 'awaken thoughts of pleasant homely things'.
The idyllic country scene by George Clausen is quintessentially British and evokes a message of patriotism for a less public arena.
The title comes from the poem by Samuel Rogers, which is written beneath. According to Joseph Darracott in 'The First World War in Posters', the lettering may have been by Clausen's daughter, who studied under Edward Johnston. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport London at War Art and Design | Temporal: | 1917 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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