Harry Stevens, 1919–2008, BritishCommissioned by London Transport, 1937–2004, BritishPrinted by The Baynard Press, British
Title:
Spring in the Parks
Date:
1960
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Sheet: 40 x 25 inches (101.6 x 63.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In artist's hand, in blue, upper right: "Stevens 59". In black italic type, bottom left of image: "London's parks are bliss and blossom,| Poets scribble lyric love,| Rook and robin gloss and glisten,| Sun and dappled clouds above."; bottom right of image: "Underground the roots sing speedwell,| Tubers share the pleasant fuss.| Overground the routes indeed spell| London pride by any bus." In regular black type, across bottom edge of image, center: "Spring in the coutnry, too, with 5/- Green Rover tickets - the freedom of 1,500 miles of road. | From Country Bus conductors any day after 9.30 a.m. (all day on Sundays and Bank Holidays." In smaller font, left: "160-59M-2700"; right: "THE BAYNARD PRESS".
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965