AUSTIN COOPER (1890-1964) TO DORKING BY BUS 70 / TO ST. ALBANS BY BUS 84. 1930. 39 5/8x24 7/8 inches, 100x63 cm. Sander Phillips and Co., Ltd., The Baynard Press. Condition B+: minor restoration and overpainting in margins. A clever playing-card type image depicting a verdant, cubist-inspired landscape, that advertises a different destination depending on the way it is oriented. "Posters advertising days out by tube, bus or tram, were prominently displayed at station entrances and on the vehicles themselves. They include some of the most attractive and evocative posters produced by the Underground / London Transport" (www.ltmcollection.org).
