Poster; Covent Garden; rhubarb and roses, by John Griffiths, 1965

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Reference number	1983/4/7733
Artist	John Griffiths
Dates	1965
Collection	Posters
Object type	Poster
Print code	265/358M/3200
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Covent Garden Markets
Completeness	84% 84% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

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

  Colour

  Attribute	Value
  Colour	Green Brown

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Object title	Covent Garden; rhubarb and roses
  Text	Rhubarb and Roses, sweet peas and prima donnas, mingle in glorious confusion at Covent Garden. At six in the morning this great market is a dazzling sight. In the quiet of evening, fashionable shoes pick their way through vegetable remnants towards Bellini, Verdi or Mozart. At the western end stands St. Paul's Church, Inigo Jones's 'handsomest barn in England'; pillared, imposing, and confusingly back-to-front. Underground to Covent Garden

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Artist	John Griffiths, 1965
  Printer	Curwen Press, 1965
  Publisher	London Transport, 1965