TONY SARG (1880-1942) SKATING TO - DAY AT / BY UNDERGROUND. 1913. 39 1/4x23 1/4 inches, 99 1/2x59 cm. [Johnson,] Riddle & Co., London. Condition B: restored losses in bottom margin; repaired tears and restoration in margins and image. Sarg was a painter, illustrator and caricaturist who designed posters for the Underground from 1912-1914. He was a member of the London Sketch Club (along with other prominent poster designers such as John Hassal, Dudley Hardy, Fred Taylor, Alfred Leete and others). The Club's "collective interest in humorous illustration led to humor being identified as one of the most successful characteristics in British poster design" (London Transport p. 21).
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