{"product_id":"pt4606-lt-in-londons-country-village-life","title":"LT London Country Village Life Cricket Hunting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eOriginal vintage London Transport travel poster titled In London's Country Village Life featuring a colourful design by the notable British artist and author Len Deighton (1929-2026) depicting a typical English summer scene showing a cricket match on a village green, fox hunters in red jackets on horses with their hound dogs, bicycles outside a traditional village shop adorned with advertisements for postage stamps and sweets, a Queen's Head pub sign, a rustic farm cart surrounded by chickens and posters on the side of a wooden clubhouse for a Film Show at the Shed (behind library), a fundraising 12 Troop Boy Scouts Handicraft Exhibition and Dairy Show, and a postponed Dick Turnbull dance show at the town hall, with a red roundel for London Transport below. Commissioned by London Transport to promote leisure travel on the London Underground as well as the Country Buses and Green Line coaches, this work is particularly significant for being designed by Deighton who was a professional illustrator before writing The Ipcress File (published in 1962) and other spy novels, becoming internationally well-known as an author. Published in edition of 2,500. Good condition, restored paper losses, restored tears, minor staining, backed on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AntikBar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48272260169977,"sku":"PT4606","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/7613\/0553\/files\/PT4606.jpg?v=1775833966","url":"https:\/\/antikbar.co.uk\/products\/pt4606-lt-in-londons-country-village-life","provider":"AntikBar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}