Hampton Court by Tram

Description

A prolific designer of posters for the Underground for more than 35 years, Fred Taylor was well known for his architectural renderings. In this poster on Hampton Court, he made sure to include details of the palace architecture in the background. The poster depicts Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, who built the palace before giving it to King Henry VIII. Taylor wonderfully contrasted the red of Wolsey’s robes with the magenta chair on which he sits and his palace of pink bricks.

Hampton Court by Tram

Fred Taylor

March 28, 1929

Accession Number

3367

Medium

Color lithograph on cream wove paper

Dimensions

75.9 × 59 cm (29 15/16 × 23 1/4 in.)

Classification

poster

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited