To Hire A Bus or Coach

Andrew Power [Sybil Andrews, 1898–1992 and Cyril Power, 1872–1951] British

1934

Not on view

In the early 1930s, Frank Pick commissioned Sybil Andrews and Cyril Power to create posters promoting excursions using public transportation. The artists credited eight posters as "Andrew Power," in reference to their respective surnames. However, according to Andrews, the labor was divided: Power secured the commission, and she designed the posters. To Hire a Bus or Coach features both the red buses of the city and the green coaches that made trips to the country. Many of their posters also celebrated sporting events, from ice skating and soccer to the Wimbledon tennis tournament and horse racing. Lord’s, Oval captures the spirit of cricket in its design while providing information about both upcoming matches and relevant bus and tram routes.

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Exhibition History

Title: To Hire A Bus or Coach
Artist: Andrew Power [Sybil Andrews, 1898–1992 and Cyril Power, 1872–1951]
Printer: Waterlow & Sons (London)
Publisher: London Transport
Date: 1934
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 30 in. × 19 3/4 in. (76.2 × 50.2 cm)
Classification: Posters
Credit Line: Purchase, Leslie and Johanna Garfield Gift, Lila Acheson Wallace, Charles and Jessie Price, and David T Schiff Gifts, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Dolores Valvidia Hurlburt Bequest, PECO Foundation and Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, and funds from various donors, 2019
Object Number: 2019.592.320
Rights and Reproduction:
© Estate of Cyril Power. All Rights Reserved, 2022 / Bridgeman Images Reproduced with permission of Glenbow Museum
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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