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Panel poster; Poems on the Underground, I saw a jolly hunter, by Charles Causley, 1990

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Reference number
2017/548
Description
Illustrated poster with text. Includes logo for the Underground and a note that the project was funded by the Arts Council.
Artist
Dates
1990
Collection
Object type
  • Panel poster
Location
Topics
Completeness
49%

  • Physical description

    Dimensions
    AttributeValue
    Height
    270mm
    Width
    600mm
    Descriptive size
    Panel poster
    Item content
    AttributeValue
    Object title
    I saw a jolly hunter
    Text
    I SAW / A JOLLY HUNTER / Charles Causley (b. 1917) / I saw a jolly hunter / With a jolly gun / Walking in the country / In the jolly sun. / In the jolly meadow / Sat a jolly hare. / Saw the jolly hunter. / Took jolly care. / Hunter jolly eager - / Sight of jolly prey. / Forgot gun pointing / Wrong jolly way. / Jolly hunter jolly head / Over heels gone. / Jolly old safety catch / Not jolly on. / Bang went the jolly gun. / Hunter jolly dead. / Jolly hare got clean away. / Jolly good, I said. / Poems on the Underground / The Poetry Society 071-373 2551. The British Library (Zweig Programme). The British Council. Queen Mary & Westfield College / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Designed and produced by APT Photoset 071-701 0477. Printed by First Impression 071-733 1182 / Reprinted by permission of Macmillan from Collected Poems 1951-1975 © Charles Causley / Illustration by Pat Marriott.
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    Material
    Paper

  • People involved

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Artist
    APT Photoset, 1990
    Commissioner
    Poems on the Underground, 1990
    Poet
    Charles Causley,
    Printer
    First Impression, 1990
    Publisher
    London Underground Ltd, 1990