Pipers Green: Edgware
Artist
John Dixon
Date1928
Dimensions40 x 25 in. (101.6 x 63.5 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection
Object numberPH.7883
DescriptionLocated in North London, Edgware Tube Station opened in 1924—just four years before this poster was printed—when the area was still more akin to a small village with open fields. This design plays on British medieval illustration, with peasants shown being distracted by a piper as they go about their daily work, accompanied by faux Middle English captions written in the style of Geoffrey Chaucer (author of The Canterbury Tales). The expansion of Tube lines into the outer reaches of London was partly intended to encourage suburban development. This is one of a handful of posters explicitly promoting outward migration from the city rather than merely a day trip, with much of the language and imagery appropriated from the Metropolitan Railway’s famous “Metroland” advertising. On View
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