Title - (To Make a Puppet).
Artist - Thomas Osborne Robinson (1904-1976).
Description - A clever departure from the norm of posters. This one was a special pre-Christmas one designed to be cut-up! Some would have been posted up to advertise the Poster Shop, and the fact that this poster (and others) could be bought there. Once purchased, this poster could then be used to make three string-puppets of figures from the harlequinade.
Year Published - 1964
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage London Transport Poster.
Print Code - 1164/3315M/3500 - (printed in Nov 1964, to a run of 3500)
Printed by The Baynard Press
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: A-, un-conserved.
Minor creasing and edge nick. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
About the Artist:
Thomas Osborne Robinson was born in 1905. He was a renowned theatrical set designer, and spent nearly 50 years with Northampton's Royal Theatre and it's art college. The Osborne Robinson Poster Collection at the University of Northampton comprises over 5000 posters on a diverse range of subjects (2000 collected by Robinson himself, suggesting he had a great interest in poster art). This was his only poster for London Transport.
