Twentieth Century Posters
@c20thposters.bsky.social
Dealer in original C20th posters. Gallery at 40 Cross Street, Islington (closed Sun/Mon). Website: www.twentiethcenturyposters.com. AKA David Bownes. Former curator & astoundingly tall person
Missed out on the last Curator Talk about our London Posters show? No problem! We've got another one next Tuesday evening, and this one includes free drinks!
We're also offering a 15% discount on the night
Tuesday 2nd December 6:30-8pm. 40 Cross Street, Islington, N1 2BA
Tickets: shorturl.at/9ultu
We're also offering a 15% discount on the night
Tuesday 2nd December 6:30-8pm. 40 Cross Street, Islington, N1 2BA
Tickets: shorturl.at/9ultu
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Missed out on the last Curator Talk about our London Posters show? No problem! We've got another one next Tuesday evening, and this one includes free drinks!
We're also offering a 15% discount on the night
Tuesday 2nd December 6:30-8pm. 40 Cross Street, Islington, N1 2BA
Tickets: shorturl.at/9ultu
We're also offering a 15% discount on the night
Tuesday 2nd December 6:30-8pm. 40 Cross Street, Islington, N1 2BA
Tickets: shorturl.at/9ultu
What’s in the window today ?
Julian Trevelyan print
Original 1966 World Cup poster
Bridget Riley 2012 Olympics print
1954 BOAC airline poster for England
Loads more inside, of course
Visit our new exhibition, London Posters, at 40 Cross Street, Islington, N1 2BA
Julian Trevelyan print
Original 1966 World Cup poster
Bridget Riley 2012 Olympics print
1954 BOAC airline poster for England
Loads more inside, of course
Visit our new exhibition, London Posters, at 40 Cross Street, Islington, N1 2BA
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What’s in the window today ?
Julian Trevelyan print
Original 1966 World Cup poster
Bridget Riley 2012 Olympics print
1954 BOAC airline poster for England
Loads more inside, of course
Visit our new exhibition, London Posters, at 40 Cross Street, Islington, N1 2BA
Julian Trevelyan print
Original 1966 World Cup poster
Bridget Riley 2012 Olympics print
1954 BOAC airline poster for England
Loads more inside, of course
Visit our new exhibition, London Posters, at 40 Cross Street, Islington, N1 2BA
Map newsletter out this weekend. Dozens of original posters and rare travel maps for sale.
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May 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Map newsletter out this weekend. Dozens of original posters and rare travel maps for sale.
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Love original posters ? Love antique maps ? Then your head will explode when you see our latest collection of original poster maps later this month.
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Newsletter subscribers get first dibs (join up via website or DM)
May 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Love original posters ? Love antique maps ? Then your head will explode when you see our latest collection of original poster maps later this month.
Newsletter subscribers get first dibs (join up via website or DM)
Newsletter subscribers get first dibs (join up via website or DM)
The @ltmuseum photographic collection really is a treasure. Thousands of photos showing everyday scenes connected with the Capital’s transport from C19th to present. This pic was taken in July 1923 for the annual District Railway station gardens competition. Waltham Green (now Fulham Broadway)
January 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The @ltmuseum photographic collection really is a treasure. Thousands of photos showing everyday scenes connected with the Capital’s transport from C19th to present. This pic was taken in July 1923 for the annual District Railway station gardens competition. Waltham Green (now Fulham Broadway)
Our last newsletter of 2024 is out this weekend.
Highlights include: several original Bridget Riley posters from the 1970s, early Pentagram prints, rare Royal Academy posters and posters from the archive of designer Roger Huggett.
Highlights include: several original Bridget Riley posters from the 1970s, early Pentagram prints, rare Royal Academy posters and posters from the archive of designer Roger Huggett.
December 12, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Our last newsletter of 2024 is out this weekend.
Highlights include: several original Bridget Riley posters from the 1970s, early Pentagram prints, rare Royal Academy posters and posters from the archive of designer Roger Huggett.
Highlights include: several original Bridget Riley posters from the 1970s, early Pentagram prints, rare Royal Academy posters and posters from the archive of designer Roger Huggett.
Poster version reissue of Building The First Locomotive, by W. Heath Robinson, 1974. This comical cartoon was originally featured in 'Railway Ribaldry. Being 96 Pages of Railway Humour', published by the Great Western Railway, 1935
December 5, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Poster version reissue of Building The First Locomotive, by W. Heath Robinson, 1974. This comical cartoon was originally featured in 'Railway Ribaldry. Being 96 Pages of Railway Humour', published by the Great Western Railway, 1935
Visit our gallery at 40 Cross Street, Islington, for unique Christmas gifts
December 3, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Visit our gallery at 40 Cross Street, Islington, for unique Christmas gifts
Our Dec newsletter includes this Royal Academy Summer Exhibition poster painted by Anthony Green 1973.
Green's painting (of his wife Mary) was rejected by London Transport on the grounds it might attract graffiti. A revised version, with overprinted ball gown, was issued for use on the Underground
Green's painting (of his wife Mary) was rejected by London Transport on the grounds it might attract graffiti. A revised version, with overprinted ball gown, was issued for use on the Underground
December 3, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Our Dec newsletter includes this Royal Academy Summer Exhibition poster painted by Anthony Green 1973.
Green's painting (of his wife Mary) was rejected by London Transport on the grounds it might attract graffiti. A revised version, with overprinted ball gown, was issued for use on the Underground
Green's painting (of his wife Mary) was rejected by London Transport on the grounds it might attract graffiti. A revised version, with overprinted ball gown, was issued for use on the Underground
Poster designed by David Hockney for an exhibition of his set designs for The Rakes Progress, Ashmolean, 1981. One of several original Hockney posters available right now in out gallery at 40
December 3, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Poster designed by David Hockney for an exhibition of his set designs for The Rakes Progress, Ashmolean, 1981. One of several original Hockney posters available right now in out gallery at 40
London Transport travel poster, How much of the London known to Shakespeare can you see today?, by Gaynor Chapman, 1964. The poster was published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth, and to promote a new London Transport travel guide Shakespeare’s London
November 27, 2024 at 5:32 PM
London Transport travel poster, How much of the London known to Shakespeare can you see today?, by Gaynor Chapman, 1964. The poster was published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth, and to promote a new London Transport travel guide Shakespeare’s London
This Saturday, 23 November, Twentieth Century Posters will be listing a collection of 325 original theatre and opera posters, dating from the 1840s to the 1990s. The collection also includes programmes and other theatre related items.
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November 20, 2024 at 5:52 PM
This Saturday, 23 November, Twentieth Century Posters will be listing a collection of 325 original theatre and opera posters, dating from the 1840s to the 1990s. The collection also includes programmes and other theatre related items.
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You can also find me on X, which increasingly feels like riding a wild boar into hell (like the chap in this poster)
@c20thposters
@c20thposters
November 18, 2024 at 2:08 PM
You can also find me on X, which increasingly feels like riding a wild boar into hell (like the chap in this poster)
@c20thposters
@c20thposters
I'm usually all about the twentieth century posters, but these playbills are considerably older
November 18, 2024 at 2:03 PM
I'm usually all about the twentieth century posters, but these playbills are considerably older
I found this scrap book, put together c. 1928-1934 by a theatrical set builder. Loads more ephemera inside, including contracts, playbills, posters, letters, newspaper cuttings etc
November 18, 2024 at 1:57 PM
I found this scrap book, put together c. 1928-1934 by a theatrical set builder. Loads more ephemera inside, including contracts, playbills, posters, letters, newspaper cuttings etc
Modernism in Coventry, 1937
November 16, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Modernism in Coventry, 1937
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The London Transport Museum will open its new Global Poster Gallery on 20 October. I can't wait to see the collection in this new setting, and to see the famous sporting posters (like Laura Knight's design for Rugby at Twickenham) in context. www.ltmuseum.co.uk/visit/museum...
Global Poster Gallery | London Transport Museum
Discover the power of the poster in our first permanent gallery dedicated to commercial poster art and design. Opens 20 October.
www.ltmuseum.co.uk
October 17, 2023 at 7:42 AM
The London Transport Museum will open its new Global Poster Gallery on 20 October. I can't wait to see the collection in this new setting, and to see the famous sporting posters (like Laura Knight's design for Rugby at Twickenham) in context. www.ltmuseum.co.uk/visit/museum...
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The #abstraction in this poster's background is typical of 'Karo' (real name George Brzezinski), active in south London in the post-war period and also represented in the National Railway Museum and London Transport Museum. #Museum30
November 9, 2024 at 9:40 AM
The #abstraction in this poster's background is typical of 'Karo' (real name George Brzezinski), active in south London in the post-war period and also represented in the National Railway Museum and London Transport Museum. #Museum30
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Five new stations opened on the Piccadilly Line Extension from Finsbury Park on this day in 1932. They were among the first public modernist buildings in Britain, overseen by architect Charles Holden and London Transport CEO Frank Pick https://buff.ly/4d5a1o7
September 19, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Five new stations opened on the Piccadilly Line Extension from Finsbury Park on this day in 1932. They were among the first public modernist buildings in Britain, overseen by architect Charles Holden and London Transport CEO Frank Pick https://buff.ly/4d5a1o7
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Pan dances alone in this early 20th century London Transport poster.
🎨Alfred France, ‘Hermes for Speed, Eros for Pleasure’ (1912).
🎨Alfred France, ‘Hermes for Speed, Eros for Pleasure’ (1912).
November 15, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Pan dances alone in this early 20th century London Transport poster.
🎨Alfred France, ‘Hermes for Speed, Eros for Pleasure’ (1912).
🎨Alfred France, ‘Hermes for Speed, Eros for Pleasure’ (1912).
Theatreland poster published by the London County Council (LCC) Tramways company in 1922, by Frederick William Charles Farleigh (also known as John Farleigh)
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November 15, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Theatreland poster published by the London County Council (LCC) Tramways company in 1922, by Frederick William Charles Farleigh (also known as John Farleigh)
This rare poster will be for sale via our newsletter later this month. Join up via website
This rare poster will be for sale via our newsletter later this month. Join up via website
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“Weymouth.” Vintage railway poster (cropped). Color lithograph, ca. 1931. Produced by the Southern Railway to promote train services to Weymouth, Dorset. Artwork: Henry George Gawthorn (British; 1879–1941).
March 25, 2024 at 3:29 AM
“Weymouth.” Vintage railway poster (cropped). Color lithograph, ca. 1931. Produced by the Southern Railway to promote train services to Weymouth, Dorset. Artwork: Henry George Gawthorn (British; 1879–1941).
Oh my word, I appear to have joined BlueSky ! You can still find me on Twitter (dodging the bullets) and Insta (trying to figure out how it works), but from now on I'll also be posting on here, usually about posters, occasionally about railways and other geeky stuff. Hurrah !
November 15, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Oh my word, I appear to have joined BlueSky ! You can still find me on Twitter (dodging the bullets) and Insta (trying to figure out how it works), but from now on I'll also be posting on here, usually about posters, occasionally about railways and other geeky stuff. Hurrah !