Title: Rugby at Twickenham
Artist: Laura Knight
Published by: Underground Electric Railways Company Ltd
Year: 1921
Size: 520mm x 840mm ( 20 x 33 inches )
Laura Knight was an accomplished and prolific artist. Her etchings, watercolours and oil paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1903. She also designed table and glassware for Wedgwood and posters for the Underground Group and London Transport from 1921-1957 . Working as an Official War Artist during the Second World War, she gave a powerful account of the Nuremburg War Crimes trials. Knight was the first women to be elected as a Royal Academician.