Tom Eckersley (1914-1997) and Eric Lombers (1914-1978) EPSOM SUMMER MEETING 1938 signed in the plate, a London Transport panel poster, designed for di

Tom Eckersley (1914-1997) and Eric Lombers (1914-1978) EPSOM SUMMER MEETING 1938 signed in the plate, a London Transport panel poster, designed for display in Underground car interiors and on buses and trams, The Dangerfield Printing Co. Ltd., London, 1938, 25.5 by 32cm., 10 by 12 1/2in. London Transport Museum Archive Reference Number: 1983/4/10193 Tom Eckersley spent much of his childhood drawing. He was greatly inspired by the work of A. M. Cassandre and Edward Mcknight Kauffer. At the Salford School of Art he met Eric Lombers, who shared his passion for progressive poster art. From 1934 they collaborated on a number of poster design for key patrons London Transport, Shell and the BBC. At the 1938 Epsom Summer Meeting, the Derby was won by Mr Beatty's Bois Roussel, trained by Fred Darling and ridden by Charlie Elliott. The Oaks was won by Mr Hugo Cunliffe-Owen's filly Rockfel, trained by Ossie Bell and ridden by Harry Wragg. The main race for older horses, the Coronation Cup, was won by the Duke of Marlborough's Monument, trained by Cecil Boyd-Rochfort and ridden by Rufus Beasley.