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Montague Birrell Black
Montague Birrell Black (29 March 1884 – 1964) was a British painter, illustrator and poster artist, producing lithographs for the likes of White Star Line, the London Underground, and the Big Four (British railway companies), British Railway Lines. Born in Stockwell, London, England, on 29 March 1884, he started his career as "Lithographic Artist" at the age of seventeen, after attending Stockwell College, in London. Between 1910 and 1936, Black created numerous posters along with illustrations of the Titanic, RMS Titanic and her sister ship RMS Olympic after the delivery of the vessels from the ship yard. He also produced decorative map posters for the British Railways and London and North Eastern Railway, LNER. The majority of his illustrations were commissioned and printed by companies such as The Jarrold Group, ''McCorquodale & Co'', ''Jordison &Co'', ''The Liverpool Printing & Stationary Company''. Around 1910, a number of his paintings were registered at Stationers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockwell
Stockwell is a district in south west London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. It is situated south of Charing Cross. Battersea, Brixton, Clapham, South Lambeth, Oval and Kennington all border Stockwell. History The name Stockwell is likely to have originated from a local well, with "stoc" being Old English for a tree trunk or post. From the thirteenth to the start of the nineteenth century, Stockwell was a rural manor at the edge of London. It included market gardens and John Tradescant's botanical garden – commemorated in Tradescant Road, which was built over it in 1880, and in a memorial outside St Stephen's church. In the nineteenth century it developed as an elegant middle-class suburb. Residents included the artist Arthur Rackham, who was born on South Lambeth Road in 1867, moving with his family to Albert Square when he was 15 years old. Another famed cultural figure who was born in Stockwell in October 1914, was theatre director Joan Litt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
