Five Schools, Built to Deepen · Underground & Railway
The Boat Race — London Underground Poster, 1920
London Underground Electric Railways poster, 1920
What it is
A London Underground Electric Railways poster advertising travel to the Boat Race, from the system’s celebrated 1920s design-patronage era.
Why it matters
Frank Pick’s Underground commissioned the era’s best commercial artists — the Tube turned its own advertising into a design movement.
What to notice
A single sporting event, sold with the same graphic confidence as any destination poster.
A transit system that decided to have taste.
Provenance
- School
- Underground & Railway Posters (Various)
- Format
- Travel poster
- Poster published
- London Underground Electric Railways poster, 1920
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Live trademark
TfL roundel — sold here as history, never adopted into this house’s own branding.
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-17. Artist unlisted on the Commons record (anonymous, PD-UK >70yr + PD-US pre-1931). Text-based verification could not visually confirm roundel presence on the artwork itself — the live-trademark flag is kept regardless, since the piece is historically tied to Underground Electric Railways branding either way.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.
Size
$29.00
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