History: Sign painting, sign painters, signs and lettering

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Sign and sign painting history, including articles about individual sign painters and projects.

'Tickets' and his sign painting partner are trying to make ends meet in London's sign game in the 1870s.

Theatre curtain from Ludlow, Massachusetts hosts a time capsule of c.1920s hand-painted advertisements.

James Rosenquist, famous for his work as a (pop) artist, owes a lot to his humble sign painting past.

Exhibition at London Letterheads, tribute to the 1762 Grand Exhibition of the Society of Sign Painters.

Previously unpublished photos and film about legendary fairground artist and signwriter, Fred Fowle.

Famous people with sign painting connections, including Duke Ellington, Eric Gill and Sylvia Pankhurst.

Book documenting (and mapping) the life and work of Munich's all-round sign man Karl Blaschke.

Short documentary film about retired sign painter Cliff Headford (RIP), including archival photos.