Spring Beckons You
1929
Artist
Gwynedd M. Hudson
Printer
Vincent Brooks, Day & Son
DIMENSIONS
39 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (100.3 x 62.2 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.7789
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
City, Flowers, Health and Safety, Landscapes, London, Subway, Transportation, United Kingdom
CREDIT LINE
Poster House Permanent Collection
KEYWORDS
City, Flowers, Health and Safety, Landscapes, London, Subway, Transportation, United Kingdom

This evocative composition juxtaposes a smog-laden central London with the first spring flowers. No specific destination is given, just the invitation to take the Underground to escape the gloom and general pollution of the city now that nature is reawakening. While the smokestack factories in the background are not representative of a particular location within London, the image does accurately reflect the appearance of certain areas in the city at the time, most notably the East End. Gwynedd Hudson was best known for this kind of dreamy, escapist imagery, most notably in her illustrations for the 1922 edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. 

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