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AUSTIN COOPER (1890-1964)
LONDON'S LEISURE HOURS / THE THEATRES INVITE YOUR PRESENCE. 1933.
40x25 inches, 101 1/2x63 1/2 cm. The Baynard Press, London. Condition A-: minor repaired tears and creases in margins; minor restoration in corners.
Canadian-born Cooper began working for the London Underground in 1922. He designed 54 posters for them over the span of 22 years, as well as for various other British railway companies. This poster is from a series that promotes traveling by Underground to take advantage of London's Leisure Hours. Interestingly, each of the images in this series promotes traveling by a different method of London Transportation: Underground, tram, coach and bus.
