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F. GREGORY BROWN (1887-1941) ZOO. 1930. 40 1/8x25 inches, 102x63 1/2 cm. The Dangerfield Printing Co., Ltd., London. Condition B+: repaired tears and restoration in margins and image; restoration and overpainting along vertical and horizontal folds. Gregory Brown began working for the London Underground in 1916. His early work showed "a remarkable similarity of approach" to the designs of E. McKnight Kauffer. "Brown, three years older than Kauffer, began his working life apprenticed to an art metalworker, but abandoned this to become an illustrator. [Brown became] one of the major exponents of the brightly colored rural landscape . . . always using vivid and well-defined tones" (Underground p. 37). Brown designed over sixty posters for the London Underground, as well as working for the British train companies and the Empire Marketing Board. While the majority of Brown's posters were landscapes, he designed four posters for the London Zoo between 1924 and 1931. This one is most notable not only for its bold graphics but also its strong typography.
