Raymond Myerscough Walker (1908 – 1984)
To Build for Prosperity – Save Now
Original vintage poster
74 x 49 cm
Issued by the National Savings Committee London, the Scottish Savings Committee Edinburgh, and the Ulster Savings Committee Belfast. Printed For HM Stationery Office By Thomas Forman and Sons Ltd, Nottingham.
This posters makes use of Myerscough Walker’s original painting of a church bombed in the Blitz, with new buildings being constructed behind. Even in the face of war and destruction, Britain builds itself up to prosper – and, by saving, so can we.
Myerscough Walker was an architectural draughtsman. He trained at Leeds School of Art and went on to the Architectural Association in London. In 1931 he won the Tite prize and was celebrated in his career for his skill as a draughtsman – as well as architect, writer, artist, sculptor and stage designer. He worked with Berhold Lubetkin, the significant modernist architect, for several years.
Condition: generally very good; the odd gentle crease. Not backed.
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