Poster; 900 years; Westminster Abbey, by Gaynor Chapman, 1966

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Reference number	1983/4/7600
Artist	Gaynor Chapman
Dates	1966
Collection	Posters
Object type	Poster
Print code	266/300M/3500
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Westminster Abbey Places of worship
Completeness	86% 86% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	1016mm
  Width	635mm
  Descriptive size	Double royal

  Colour

  Attribute	Value
  Colour	Brown Yellow

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Object title	900 years; Westminster Abbey
  Text	Nine hundred years ago Edward the Confessor chose the desolate Thames-washed isle of Thorney for the site of the great abbey church in which he was to lie. In 1245 Henry III honoured his saintly predecessor by rebuilding to rival Rheims and Amiens. The result is our Westminster Abbey - England's loftiest nave, with its incomparable adjunct, Henry VII's Chapel. This year the Abbey celebrates its historic past, but also (more importantly) with the theme of 'One People', its present pulsing life and relevance to our day. Underground or bus to Westminster

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Artist	Gaynor Chapman, 1966
  Printer	Waterlow & Sons Ltd, 1966
  Publisher	London Transport, 1966