London 2026 AD Underground poster – Montague Birrell Black – 1926

London 2026 AD Underground poster – Montague Birrell Black – 1926 The rare Underground poster reads ‘London 2026 A.D.- It’s all in the air/ To-day – The solid comfort of the Underground. It features a futuristic image of London in 2026, created by the artist Montague Birrell Black. The golden evening sky is filled with Blierot style monoplanes, bi-planes and dirigibles. New York-style skyscrapers tower over St Paul’s Cathedral and the signs on the buildings with names that must have seemed far fetched at the time but as we draw near to 2026, are not too far away from today’s reality. Company signs include the Company Gas Co Ltd., London Bridge Air Depot and Mars Stores. Illuminated signs suggest travelling by Underground to Glasgow in 2 hours 45 minutes and a Overland Line zeppelin flies overhead making the journey between London and Sydney. This vintage Underground poster is one of the most unexpected and unusual of all the Underground posters of its era making it extremely sought after. It is a very rare Underground poster that doesn’t appear at autions very often and when it does it commands a high price. An origianl version of this poster sold for $6,875 way back in 2012. Montague Birrell Black Montague Birrel Black, also known by the name Montague B. Black, was a renowned British painter, illustrator and poster artist. Black was a prolific lithographic poster artist between 1910 and 1936. His work encompassed maritime posters for the French Line and White Star Line shipping companies. He produced poster for the London Underground Group as well as Railway posters for the London North Western Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Southern Railway & British Railway. In addition to his destination railway posters, he also produced railway carriage lithographs and is known for his popular pictorial railway maps. MBB is perhaps best known for his poster artwork for the White Star Line posters and in particular his illustration for the HMS Titanic and her sister ship, HMS Olympic. Another superb White Star shipping poster is the 1930 Liverpool Queenstown Philadelphia showing the Royal Mail Steamer being guided along Liverpool’s River Mersey by a White Star Tug boat. His futuristic London 2026 Underground poster created in 1926 is extremely rare and highly sought-after, with one selling way back in 2012 for over $6,000.His most popular railway posters advertise destinations across the country and include Colwyn Bay and the Lake District for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. His Largs, Ayrshire poster, Port Stewart Northern Ireland, for British Railways. Margate for Southern Railways