The
Bootman
This was painted over
Boot & Shoe
Warehouse
Location: Peckham High Street / Picture taken on: 23/07/2009
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Showing posts with label Peckham. Show all posts
Friday, 18 February 2011
Harry James the Bootman, Peckham
A simple but unmissabe ghost sign that covers an earlier one.
Harry James
The
Bootman
This was painted overQuail's
Boot & Shoe
Warehouse
Location: Peckham High Street / Picture taken on: 23/07/2009
The
Bootman
This was painted over
Boot & Shoe
Warehouse
Location: Peckham High Street / Picture taken on: 23/07/2009
Monday, 23 November 2009
Printers' ghost signs
Printers' signs, part 1 (Go to part 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
On Saturday I returned to the British Museum to have a second look at the current exhibition of Mexican prints, a worthy follow-up to last year’s American Scene (although I don’t agree with the legend that accompanies the poster for the 1952 meeting of the Confederación de Trabajadores de América Latina...). Some of the prints on show are absolutely superb and testify not only to the talent of the artists but also to the skills of the printers.
Obviously not all printers would have been able to master the techniques required for fine art printing, and in any case many wouldn’t even have needed them to honour the orders placed by their customers. But did the painted signs some printers paid for reflect their versatility? Below are a few examples of such signs, ranging from simple to more elaborate ones, from bare to pretty descriptive ones.
On Saturday I returned to the British Museum to have a second look at the current exhibition of Mexican prints, a worthy follow-up to last year’s American Scene (although I don’t agree with the legend that accompanies the poster for the 1952 meeting of the Confederación de Trabajadores de América Latina...). Some of the prints on show are absolutely superb and testify not only to the talent of the artists but also to the skills of the printers.
Obviously not all printers would have been able to master the techniques required for fine art printing, and in any case many wouldn’t even have needed them to honour the orders placed by their customers. But did the painted signs some printers paid for reflect their versatility? Below are a few examples of such signs, ranging from simple to more elaborate ones, from bare to pretty descriptive ones.
Cutts & Co, Peckham
Printers' ghost signs, part 7 (Go to part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Finally, to conclude this series of printers' signs, here is a wall where the mix of different typefaces and colours ends up making a very attractive palimpsest. The white background hides an earlier sign but it is virtually impossible to make any sense of it. As for "Cutts & Co" (notice how the last letter ends up forming an arrow that comes back to underline the name), is there any connection with Bromhead, Cutts & Co, the fine art printer and publisher based in Cork Street behind the Royal Academy of Arts, which seemed to have enjoyed a short period of prosperity during the 1920s?
Location: Chadwick Road / Picture taken on: 23/07/2009
Finally, to conclude this series of printers' signs, here is a wall where the mix of different typefaces and colours ends up making a very attractive palimpsest. The white background hides an earlier sign but it is virtually impossible to make any sense of it. As for "Cutts & Co" (notice how the last letter ends up forming an arrow that comes back to underline the name), is there any connection with Bromhead, Cutts & Co, the fine art printer and publisher based in Cork Street behind the Royal Academy of Arts, which seemed to have enjoyed a short period of prosperity during the 1920s?
| For Business Building | Estd. 1884 | |
| Printing | ||
| Cutts & Co | ||
| Office | Phone New Cross 50 [?] |
Location: Chadwick Road / Picture taken on: 23/07/2009
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