British post war posters and graphics.
Early days Anonymous chemist’s poster, c. 1880 The origins of the poster are confused (some understatement here) and obviously depend how you define a poster in the first place. Generally, posters are believed to emerge just before the turn of the century, although this does rather beg the question as to why British cities were […]
Small Crownfolio has just started doing sets in maths. Turns out it’s going to come in quite handy on here too, because it’s pretty much the only way I can find to get a handle on the next Christies poster sale, which is bearing down on us like a juggernaut upon a hedgehog (translation, it’s […]
I seem to have come back from holiday only to wander into a fold in time, because at least some of the posters on offer out there seem strangely familiar. Lets start with Dreweatts in Bristol, who are once again selling the work of Percy Drake Brookshaw. Percy Drake Brookshaw, 1927, est. £150-200 This is […]
I’m back with the Empire Marketing Board posters once again. In particular this one, which neatly encapsulates the problem of Empire in a single image. I rather doubt that it was intended to give exactly that message; nonetheless it is rather brilliant. This treat comes from a wholly new archive of Empire Marketing Board output […]
Christmas is the season for repeats, and not only on the television. Here on Quad Royal, this means revisiting a few posts which are worth a second glance. In this case – the Empire Marketing Board posters from Manchester City Art Gallery – the subject is also newly topical. The gallery will be staging an […]
So, time to tackle the vastly overdue heap of new books which need our attention. First in line is a book I have mentioned a while back, Empire Marketing Board Posters by Melanie Horton. Now I am going to try to be as nice as I can about this book, but it’s going to be […]