Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5

Original 1935 London Underground Transport Poster - It Is Better to Return Early

About the Item

Original vintage London Transport poster - It is better to return early Early in the day - to encourage passengers to avoid using the London Underground and public transport during peak rush hour times. Colorful illustration by the notable British graphic artist, printmaker and art teacher Clifford Ellis (1907-1985) and his wife Rosemary Ellis (1910-1998) featuring a busy abstract image of the legs of a child in blue shoes next to a skirt and legs of a lady in heeled shoes with a hand holding a Father Christmas and a toy and various parcels obstructing a smart suit and shoes of a man with newspapers above, the artist names on a parcel label and the stylised diagonal lettering in red above and below. Issued by London Passenger Transport Board. Excellent condition, backed on linen.
  • Creator:
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 40.16 in (102 cm)Width: 24.81 in (63 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1935
  • Condition:
    Excellent condition, backed on linen.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU101269753621
More From This SellerView All
  • Original Vintage London Transport Poster It Is Better To Shop Early In The Month
    By Clifford & Rosemary Ellis
    Located in London, GB
    Original vintage poster issued by the London Passenger Transport Board - It is better to Shop early Early in the month - by the notable British graphic artist, printmaker and art tea...
    Category

    Vintage 1930s British Posters

    Materials

    Paper

  • Original Vintage 1935 London Theatre Poster For London Drama London Transport
    Located in London, GB
    Original vintage travel advertising poster For London Drama London Transport featuring a stunning black and white charcoal drawing by the portrait artist and printmaker James Ardern ...
    Category

    Vintage 1930s British Posters

    Materials

    Paper

  • Original Vintage London Underground Poster LT London Transport Martin Parr VHS
    By Martin Parr
    Located in London, GB
    Original vintage London Underground poster featuring a photograph of a Sony television and ornaments on a VHS video recorder below it with the text reading: I ...
    Category

    1990s British Posters

    Materials

    Paper

  • Original Vintage Post War London Underground Transport Poster Piccadilly Circus
    By Fred Taylor
    Located in London, GB
    Original vintage post-war London Underground Transport poster for London Piccadilly Circus featuring artwork by the notable British artist Fred Taylor...
    Category

    Vintage 1940s British Posters

    Materials

    Paper

  • Original Vintage Post War London Underground Transport Poster Whitehall Taylor
    By Fred Taylor
    Located in London, GB
    Original vintage post-war London Underground Transport poster for London Whitehall featuring artwork by the notable British artist Fred Taylor (1875-1963) showing a street view with people walking along the pavements and London buses and cars driving by the statue of Prince George the Duke of Cambridge on a horse leading to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben clock...
    Category

    Vintage 1940s British Posters

    Materials

    Paper

  • Original Vintage London Underground Poster Transport Of Joy At The Zoo Elephant
    By Jean Dupas
    Located in London, GB
    Original vintage London Transport travel poster for London Zoo via Camden Town Chalk Farm or Regents Park Underground Station - There's a Transport of Joy at the Zoo - featuring stun...
    Category

    Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Posters

    Materials

    Paper

You May Also Like
  • Framed Original Vintage London Underground Poster Flamingoes By Tube Golders Hil
    Located in Lincoln, GB
    Framed original vintage London Underground poster Kay Gallwey painted this poster in 1987. Flamingos wade through the water on spindly legs looking for fo...
    Category

    20th Century Posters

    Materials

    Paper

  • 1962 Mobil Oil - Better Performance Original Vintage Poster
    Located in Winchester, GB
    Beautiful mid century design by Taranne for Mobilfuel depicting a satisfied driver happily driving away so fast that they're losing their hat. Mobil was founded in 1911 following the ruling to split John D. Rockerfeller's Standard Oil up in to separate entities and is now ExxonMobil following a merge with Exxon to become one of the worlds largest...
    Category

    Vintage 1960s Posters

    Materials

    Paper

  • 1935 Morlant Champagne Original Vintage Poster
    By J. Stall
    Located in Winchester, GB
    Beautiful poster for Morlant, the French Champagne of Reims in Marne, France. Featuring stunning artwork from J. Stall, this early 20th century poster depicts a woman as a grapevine ...
    Category

    Vintage 1930s French Posters

    Materials

    Linen, Paper

  • Original French Poster Orangina ‘Better Than A Soda’ Raymond Savignac
    By Raymond Savignac
    Located in Melbourne, Victoria
    Original vintage French poster Orangina ‘Better Than A Soda’ Raymond Savignac Raymond Savignac, who died at age 94 in 2002, was the last of the great Parisian poster...
    Category

    Early 2000s French Modern Posters

    Materials

    Paper

  • Original Vintage Poster, SNOOPY 'It's Good To Have A Friend' Circa 1958
    By Arthur Schulz
    Located in Melbourne, Victoria
    This is an original vintage poster from 1958 featuring SNOOPY by Schulz. This poster is in excellent condition and has been linen backed for preservation. CONDITION Good FORMAT L...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s American Modern Posters

    Materials

    Linen, Paper

  • See It like It Is 1970s American Political/Protest Poster, Reese James
    Located in Bath, Somerset
    See It Like It Is! A fabulous original protest poster from the 1970s, printed by Vagabond Creations in Ohio, United States. Art by Reese James. A very eye-catching design! This vint...
    Category

    20th Century American Posters

    Materials

    Paper

Recently Viewed

View All