Poster; Speed Underground, by Alan Rogers, 1930
Main details
| Reference number | 1983/4/3055 |
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| Description | Under Frank Pick's management, the Underground group established a clear corporate design. The bar and circle logo, or roundel, appeared on everything from vehicles to publicity. This Underground publicity poster was published in 1930. Alan Rogers was one of many artists to appropriate the roundel into a bold modernist design. |
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| Dates | 1930 |
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| Print code | 1000.1397.17.7.30 |
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| Completeness | 88% |
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Physical description
Dimensions Attribute Value Height 1016mmWidth 635mmDescriptive size Double royalColour Attribute Value Colour - Black
- Blue
- Red
Item content Attribute Value Object title Speed UndergroundText SPEED UNDERGROUND -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Artist Alan Rogers, 1930Printer Broadway Press Ltd,Publisher Underground Electric Railway Company Ltd, 1930 -
Associated companies, people and places
Places Borough Greater London,
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