Poster; The hive is awake, by Walter E Spradbery, 1929

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Reference number	1983/4/8847
Artist	Walter E Spradbery
Dates	1929
Collection	Posters
Object type	Poster
Print code	134.4000.28.1.29
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Countryside Trees Poets Poems Day trips
Completeness	86% 86% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	295mm
  Width	465mm
  Descriptive size	Panel poster

  Colour

  Attribute	Value
  Colour	Green Green

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Object title	The hive is awake
  Text	The Hive Is Awake - Why Is Not The City Astir? By General Bus - a choice of routes "The waking bee, still drowsy on the wing,/Will sence the opening of another year/ And blunder out to seek another Spring./ Crashing through Winter sunlight's pallid gold/ His clumsiness sets catkins on the willow/ Ashake like lambs' tails in the early fold/ Dusting with pollen all his brown and yellow, -" V Sackville-West

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Artist	Walter E Spradbery, 1929
  Printer	Dangerfield Printing Company Ltd, 1929
  Publisher	Underground Electric Railway Company Ltd, 1929