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Five Schools, Built to Deepen · Underground & Railway
The Royal United Service Museum, Poster by E. McKnight Kauffer, 1921
Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) · London Underground poster, Royal United Service Museum, 1921
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A London Underground poster from 1921. A ship seen bow-on sits inside a wreath tied with a ribbon that carries a drum and an anchor.
Why it matters
Kauffer, an American who settled in London in 1914, drew a run of museum posters for the Underground in 1921 and 1922. This one sends riders to Charing Cross or Trafalgar Square.
What to notice
The ship is drawn straight at the viewer, so the hull becomes a wedge and the wreath a target.
A day out, offered by the railway that gets you there.
Provenance
- School
- Underground & Railway Posters (Various)
- Designer
- Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954)
- Format
- Transit poster
- Poster published
- London Underground poster, Royal United Service Museum, 1921
- Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Cooper Hewitt 18447459
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 2026-11-01.
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