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Poster; The Tate Gallery, by Rex Whistler, 1928

© TfL

Main details

Main details for this item.
Reference number
1983/4/2650
Description
The image for this item has been removed from our online database as it contains offensive imagery. This poster, advertising London's Tate Gallery, was published by the Underground Electric Railways Company in 1928. The painting is by Rex Whistler, who had completed a mural, 'Epicurania' for the Tate Gallery restaurant earlier that year. For the poster, Whistler took distinctive elements from the mural and wove them into a new composition. His 18th- century pastiche includes two women taking tea. They have been added to the foreground to appear as though they are in the Tate restaurant itself. The mural also contained racist images and the restaurant closed in 2020 because of the offensive nature of the design.
Artist
Dates
1928
Collection
Object type
  • Poster
Print code
1715/25/10/28.1500
Location
Topics
Completeness
65%
  • Physical description

    Dimensions
    AttributeValue
    Height
    1016mm
    Width
    635mm
    Descriptive size
    Double royal
    Colour
    AttributeValue
    Colour
    • Pink
    • Light Green
    • Green
    Item content
    AttributeValue
    Object title
    The Tate Gallery
    Text
    The Tate Gallery Weekdays 10 am - 4pm Sundays 2pm - 4pm....
    Trafalgar Sq. or Westminster Stn thence by bus 32, 51a......
  • People involved

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Artist
    Rex Whistler, 1928
    Printer
    Haycock Photochrom,
    Publisher
    Underground Electric Railways Company Ltd, 1928
  • Associated companies, people and places

    Places
    Borough
    City of Westminster,