Fred Millett, 1920–1980Commissioned by London Transport, 1937–2004, BritishPrinted by Waterlow & Sons, British
Title:
London After Dark
Date:
1968
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Sheet: 38 3/16 x 24 15/16 inches (97 x 63.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In red type, bottom left of image: "f millett". In large pink type, beneath image: "LONDON AFTER DARK". In black type, beneath: "In the dusk, the West End come to life. Street lamps brighten, and the twinklink lights turn | Piccadilly Circus into a brashly magical fairyland. Floodlighting lends to St. Paul's, the National | Gallery, Westminster Abbey, a silvery, sharp-etched clarity. Evening shopping (on Thursdays), | theatres, cinemas, concerts, restaurants-London Transport takes you there, and home again.| Buses | run late, and the Underground until after midnight - 23 30 on Sundays." In pink type beneath: "Travel Enquires: telephone 01-222 1234 at any time, day or night." In tiny black type, bottom right of poster: "Waterlow London 167/6M/3700."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965
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