A lovely original London Transport poster in excellent condition designed by Harry Stevens to promote the company’s Round London Sightseeing Tour
the operetta was largely built around the performance of legendary tenor Richard Tauber
Digital image does not do justice to the vibrancy of the design
Commercial Art magazine rated Paine as “one of the most highly gifted designers in the country” and especially praised “the richness of textile design” displayed in his posters for Morton Sundour Fabrics (1927)
Extensively illustrated in b/w and colour (h/b 130 pages)
Album of provincial theatre memorabilia, c. 1928-34 Artwork A lovely original London TransportAn historically interesting scrap book put together by a theatre set builder, c. 1928 1934. The album contains pasted in mementoes relating to the career of Louis Walton (aka Louis Johnston), including contracts, playbills, posters, letters, newspaper cuttings etc. The documents cover a wide range of provincial theatres, including Cambridge, Aldershot, Cardiff, Margate, Folkestone, Eastbourne, Windsor, Brighton, Bootle, Southampton, Scarborough,