About the artist:

John Bainbridge, born 1919 in Sydney, Australia, died 1978. Designed posters for London Transport 1953-1957 Educated; Swinbourne Art School, Melbourne, Australia Educated; National Gallery School, Melbourne, Australia John Bainbridge started his career as an artist in Australia. He exhibited there widely, whilst working as the art director at the National Theatre in Melbourne. He moved to England in 1945, where he worked as an exhibition, theatre set and costume designer, a poster artist and documentary filmmaker. In 1959 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Industrial Artists.