Walter Ernest Spradbery was an artist and pacifist. Refusing to take up arms in the First World War, he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and became a paramedic and stretcher bearer on the Somme battlefield. Here he earned many citations for bravery including the awarding of a Distinguished Conduct Medal. On the day the Armistice was signed, he wrote from the trenches to his Mother: "Hostilities ceased on all fronts at 11am today. Oh happy mothers, happy sweethearts, happy wives, whose loved ones will come safely back... and those lone souls who have lost their very own; today is too unkind to them - how can they face our joy? 'Peace on Earth, Goodwill towards men' - an unseen choir sings it in our breasts - prompting men to evolve a better world more worthy of our ideals and aspirations. Let us begin." He went on to produce a significant body of work, much of it for London Transport with his famous posters. Married to opera singer, Dorothy d'Orsay, they lived an idyllic existence at their home, 'The Wilderness' in Epping Forest.
This is part 3 of a 4-part series on the works of Walter E. Spradbery:
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| c1927 Epping Forest, Beauty Spots in Essex: L.N.E.R. colour lithograph poster for London Transport © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum |
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| 1928 Southend-on-Sea: Underground colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1928 To Dorking by General Route 70 Daily colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1929 Blackberry Sunday by any General Bus colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1929 Dorking by General Route No. 70 From Mordern Station colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1929 Southend-on-Sea "London's Riviera" By Underground LMS & LNE Railways colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1929 St. James's Park, Hyde Park, Kew Gardens and Regent's Park by Underground colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1929 The General leads the way colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1929 The Hive is Awake - Why is not the City Astir? By General Bus - A Choice of Routes colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1929 The Hive is Awake... original artwork |
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| 1929 To Epping by General Route 100A Daily colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1929 To Fields everywhere quickly by General colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1929 Virginia Water by General Route No.116B From Hounslow East Station colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1929 Virginia Water by General Route No.116B original artwork |
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| Dorking (Post sticker here) colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1930 Epping Forest (Post sticker here) colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1930 St. Albans (Post sticker here) colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1930 Windsor (post sticker here) colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1931 Haresfoot Woods: Berkhamsted colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1931 St. Albans and Verulanium colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1931 The Silent Pool colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1932 View of Oxshott Heath, one hundred yards from Station Southern Electric colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1933 Birchington: Sun, Sea and Sand colour lithograph poster 102 x 62 cm |
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| 1933 Fall of the Leaf colour lithograph poster for London Transport 99 x 62 cm |
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| 1933 Greenline: Flowers of the Season colour lithograph poster for Green Line Transport 101.6 x 63.5 cm |
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| 1933 General: Flowers of the Season colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1933 LP-TB: Flowers of the Season colour lithograph poster |
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| 1933 In Knole Park: At London's Service: London Transport colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| Beefield, Farningham: London Transport: At London's Service colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| Chalfont: London Transport: At London's Service colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| Harlow Mill: London Transport: At London's Service colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| 1934 The Two Mills, Outwood, Surrey: London Transport: At London's Service colour lithograph poster for London Transport |
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| before 1934 The Two Mills, Outwood, Surrey linocut printed in black and green 68 x 51 cm |
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