Oct 26, 2017 - Sale 2459

Sale 2459 - Lot 170

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
MARGARET CURTIS HAYTHORNE (1893-?) LONDON'S TRAMWAYS / LATE THEATRE SERVICES BY TRAMWAY. 1922.
28 1/4x14 1/4 inches, 71 3/4x36 1/4 cm.
Condition A: unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds.
One from a series of black and white posters that were the first produced for the London City Council tramways, they were also "the only ones to carry the LLC's coat of arms" (Tramway p. 12). Haythorne studied at the Liverpool City School of Art and became a member of the Society of Wood Engravers in 1924. She designed one other poster for the LCC. Tramway p. 13 (var).