By the Rushy - Fringed Bank

Description

Edward McKnight Kauffer often changed his style to suit a poster’s subject. This work does not say anything about how and when to use the Underground. Rather, the company had it created simply to please those entering or passing by a station where it was displayed. One of four posters illustrating lines from English poets, it uses washes of color to create a landscape evocative of John Milton’s verse.

By the Rushy - Fringed Bank

Edward McKnight Kauffer

1932

Accession Number

13343

Medium

Color lithograph on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 101.4 × 63.5 cm (39 15/16 × 25 in.)

Classification

poster

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited