EDWARD BAWDEN POSTERS

EDWARD BAWDEN was a well-known artist & book illustrator who also worked in a number of commercial fields, including ceramics, wallpaper and advertising. Included in the latter were a number of posters. My grateful thanks to the Estate of Edward Bawden & the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery of Bedford, & Transport for London for permission to use some of the images.

©TfL/Bawden Estate

1. British Empire Exhibition 1924. London Transport. 101 x 127cms. Polychromatic. Done in collaboration with Thomas Derrick.

©TfL/Bawden Estate

2. Hyde Park 1925. London Transport.101 x 63cms. Polychromatic.

©TfL/Bawden Estate

3. Changing the Guard 1925. London Transport. 101 x 63cms. Polychromatic.

©TfL/Bawden Estate

4. The Natural History Museum 1925. London Transport. 76 x 50cms. Polychromatic.

©TfL/Bawden Estate

5. This Week 1930. London Transport. 101 x 63cms. Printed in black & green.




6. Dried Beet Pulp c.1931. 76 x 101cms. Polychromatic. I have seen a suggestion that this was done for the Empire Marketing Board, but have not found any confirmation. Credits are to Chas. Baker, Advertising Agents & the Curwen Press.




7. Le Tourquet 1935. 49 x 31cms. Imperial Airways. Black, blue and beige.




©TfL/Bawden Estate

8. Hyde Park 1936. 101 x 63cms. London Transport. Polychromatic. The same design, with different lettering, was used for St James's Park & Regent's Park.




©TfL/Bawden Estate

9. Kew Gardens 1936. 101 x 63cms. London Transport. Polychromatic.

©TfL/Bawden Estate

10. Chestnut Sunday, Bushy Park 1936. 25 x 30cms. London Transport. Blue, red green & black.

©TfL/Bawden Estate

11. Tring, Downe & Westerham 1936. 101 x 63cms. London Transport. Polychromatic.

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12. Barking, Knebworth, Knole 1936. 101 x 63cms. London Transport. Polychromatic.

13. Walton Castle, Clevedon 1936. 76 x 115cms. Shell 'Visit Britain's Landmarks' series. Polychromatic.





©TfL/Bawden Estate

14. Aldershot Tattoo 1938. 25 x 30cms. London Transport. Polychromatic.

©TfL/Bawden Estate

15. Now for the Holidays 1936. 25 x 72cms. London Transport. Blue, brown, yellow & black.




©TfL/Bawden Estate

16. Indoor Sport 1939. London Transport. 101 x 63cms. Black, green & orange.




©TfL/Bawden Estate

17. Kew Gardens 1939. London Transport. 101 x 63cms. Polychromatic.




18. Hue & Cry 1947. Ealing Studios. 100 x 76cms. Polychromatic. This poster also came in a vertical format.

©TfL/Bawden Estate

19. City 1952. London Transport. Pair poster, each 101 x 63cms. Polychromatic.

20. The Titfield Thunderbolt 1953. Ealing Studios. 76 x 100cms. Polychromatic. This poster came in several sizes and formats.




21. York The Histoic City 1954. 101 x 127cms. British Railways. Polychromatic.

22. Pictures for Schools 1966. Royal Academy of Arts 76 x 56cms. Red & green.

23. Edward Bawden at the Octagon 1978. Fitzwilliam Museum. 40 x 28cms. Brown & black.


It does seem rather a long gap between 1954 & 1966, so perhaps there are some others waiting to be recorded.