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William Nicholson — London Types: Policeman (Constitution Hill)
William Nicholson

London Types: Policeman (Constitution Hill)

1898

Created during the height of the poster movement, this work transforms an everyday London figure into an iconic symbol through flat planes of color and simplified silhouettes.

Medium
color lithograph

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William Nicholson, London Types: Policeman (Constitution Hill), 1898

Created during the height of the poster movement, this work transforms an everyday London figure into an iconic symbol through flat planes of color and simplified silhouettes.

Medium
color lithograph
Year
1898
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Print, Observational, Figure, Historical, Late 19th Century, Urban, Color Lithograph, Portrait, British, Figurative

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