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No need to ask a p'liceman
John Hassall1908
London Transport Museum
United Kingdom
Details
- Title: No need to ask a p'liceman
- Creator: John Hassall
- Date Created: 1908
- Physical Dimensions: 693mm, 505mm
- Subject Keywords: District line
- Type: Poster artwork
- External Link: Record in London Transport Museum Collections Online
- Reference number: 1995/4093
- Physical Description: Painting of a couple approaching a policman, who gestures to the poster sized London Electric Railway map on the wall behind him. This was the first pictorial poster commissioned by Pick for the Underground. The bold graphic design contrasted sharply with the wordy layout of earlier transport posters. Hassall, an established and popular commercial artist, was an excellent choice to launch the new approach.
- Item location: Acton Depot
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