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Description: | St Christopher is the patron saint of travellers. He was originally called Offero and, whilst travelling the world, he met a hermit who lived beside a dangerous stream. The hermit taught Offero the word of God and encouraged him to use his great strength to help others. Offero decided to do good by carrying people safely across the stream.
One day he carried an extremely heavy child across the stream. The child revealed himself to be Jesus and explained that his enormous weight was that of the world. St Christopher's services at the stream led to his patronage of all things related to safe travel. Christopher literally means Christ-bearer, and representations of him usually show him carrying Jesus on his shoulder.
In this London Transport poster, Vladimir Polunin depicts St Christopher carrying Christ through the streets of London. His bold adaptation of the legend, in which the mighty figure of St Christopher is illuminated by traffic lights, portrays London Transport as a modern patron of safe travel. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Art and Design | Temporal: | 1934 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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