Anonymous chemist’s poster, c. 1880

John Hassall, c. 1889.

John Hassall, 1908.

Maxwell Armfield, 1915.

Saville Lumley, 1914

Alfred Leete, 1914.

Anonymous, 1915

Anonymous, 1915

Tom Purvis, 1923.

Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1927

Clive Gardiner, c.1930

Anonymous, 1927-1933

A. R Thomson, 1931.

Vanessa Bell, 1934 

Denis Constanduros,  1932

Gilroy, 1934

Richard Beck, 1937

Dame Laura Knight, 1938

Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1938

Fougasse, 1942

H M Bateman, c.1941

Anonymous, World War Two

Frank Newbould, c. 1944

Lewitt Him, 1944

James Fitton, c.1946

F H K Henrion, 1947

Robin Day, 1951

Barbara Jones, 1951

Tom Eckersley, 1947

Karo, 1952

Savignac, c. 1954?

Abram Games, 1954

Anonymous, c. 1957

[commercial image in here]

[we may also need a food poster in here]

Anonymous, 1950s.

FHK Henrion, 1956

Hans Schleger (‘Zero’), 1958

 

Daphne Padden, late 1950s

 

 

Jack Merriott, 1960.

Tom Eckersley 1962

 

 

John Burningham, 1961

Patrick Tilley, 1962

Probably end with these two posters which mark the last times a poster has real social impact – and in both cases, why they were forced to use posters rather than television.

Coda: Keep Calm and Carry on