3.11.2010

Giles Balne


Giles Balne, Printer, 1777, was in a great position. He printed lottery tickets, then won the jackpot, then bought the Vauxhall Gardens, then spent the rest of his days printing amazing posters for them. This poster is 780 x 532mm and is one of seven kept at the Bodleian Library in the John Johnson collection in Oxford. Well worth a visit to see the real thing.

2 comments:

Dario Galvagno said...

Hi, this is Dario Galvagno, editorial designer from Italy, Roma.

First: your blog is the one I appreciate most.
Secondo: I love your Studio Output.
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I design for several italian big corporations (like Eni, oil and energy worldwide corp, the minister of interiors, the Firefighters corp, many politicians)

I'm new with blogs so I'm not so skilled.

In case you give me a chance, my address is:

www.dariogalvagno.com

Sincerely

Dario

Drink Tea Eat Biscuits said...

I absolutely love the look of this.