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Panel poster; Poems on the Underground, My lefe ys faren in a lond, by Anonymous, 1996

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Reference number
2017/197
Description
Illustrated poster with text. There is a reproduction of the manuscript of the poem. Includes logo for the Underground.
Artist
Dates
1996
Collection
Object type
  • Panel poster
Location
Topics
Completeness
48%

  • Physical description

    Dimensions
    AttributeValue
    Height
    280mm
    Width
    610mm
    Descriptive size
    Panel poster
    Item content
    AttributeValue
    Object title
    My lefe ys faren in a lond
    Text
    MY LEFE YS FAREN IN A LOND / My love is faren in a land; / Alas why is she so? / And I am so sore bound / I may not come her to. / She hath my heart in hold / Wherever she ride or go, / With true love a thousandfold. / Anon. (about 1500) / Trinity MS R.3.19, f.154a, reproduced by permission of the Master and Fellows, Trinity College Cambridge / Poems on the Underground / The British Council. The British Library (Zweig Programme). London Arts Board / Design Tom Davidson. / Posters are on sale at the London Transport Museum 0171-379 6344
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    AttributeValue
    Material
    Poster

  • People involved

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Artist
    Tom Davidson, 1996
    Commissioner
    Poems on the Underground, 1996
    Poet
    Anonymous,
    Publisher
    London Underground Ltd, 1996