Nancy Smith (designer)

Nancy Smith (1881-1962) was a British designer.^[1] She began her career as a book illustrator but became one of the first professional female poster designers in Britain.

In 1916, Smith became a founder member of the Decorative Art Group, founded by Henry Nevinson.^[2] She created numerous posters for London Transport,^[3] including one showing Epping Forest in 1922, which had become accessible by the Central Line.^[4]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b David Bownes (2018). Poster Girls. london transport museum. ISBN 978-1-871829-28-0.
^ Michael J. K. Walsh, ed. (2007). A Dilemma of English Modernism: Visual and Verbal Politics in the Life and Work of C.R.W. Nevinson (1889–1946). University of Delaware Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-874-13942-6.
^ "The collection". www.ltmuseum.co.uk.
^ "Epping Forest, by Nancy Smith, 1922". London Transport Museum Shop. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[DBownes-1] David Bownes (2018). Poster Girls. london transport museum. ISBN 978-1-871829-28-0.

[2] Michael J. K. Walsh, ed. (2007). A Dilemma of English Modernism: Visual and Verbal Politics in the Life and Work of C.R.W. Nevinson (1889–1946). University of Delaware Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-874-13942-6.

[3] "The collection". www.ltmuseum.co.uk.

[4] "Epping Forest, by Nancy Smith, 1922". London Transport Museum Shop. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

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