Stanley Herbert

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title: "Stanley Herbert" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["british-poster-artists", "1905-births", "1967-deaths", "british-children's-book-illustrators", "20th-century-british-illustrators", "wildlife-artists", "british-comics-artists"] topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Herbert" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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name	Stanley Herbert
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birth_place	Oldham, Lancashire, England
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death_place	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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occupation	Artist
years_active	1930s–1960s
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Stanley_Herbert_signature.jpg" caption="The Radio Times]]'' magazine, 8 October 1937"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Self_portrait_by_Stanley_Herbert_1955.jpg" caption=""Herbert in a High Hat" self portrait by Stanley Herbert 1955, oil on canvas 42x39cm. Private collection of artist's family"] ::

Stanley Herbert (27 June 1905 – 1 January 1967) was a British commercial artist active in the 1930s to 1960s.

Among his clients were The Radio Times, for which he painted covers, and London Transport and Imperial Airways, for both of whom he designed posters. His other clients included the RAF, BOAC, Danish Bacon and the National Savings Bank, and the children's comics 'Eagle', 'Girl' and 'Jack and Jill'. He painted the portrait of Maid Marian used as a logo for the convenience food store chain of that name, which was use until the 1980s.

He also worked in scraperboard, and illustrated a number of books. He taught poster design at the Reimann School, London.

Herbert died at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge on 1 January 1967.

Bibliography

Books illustrated by Herbert include:

References

References

1. Stanley Herbert, poster designer, in ''1939 England and Wales Register''
2. (1937-10-08). "Radio Times (Autumn Number)". [[BBC]].
3. (1938-06-03). "Radio Times (Open-Air Number)". [[BBC]].
4. "Artist: Stanley Herbert - Poster and poster artwork collection". [[London Transport Museum]].
5. "Poster, Advertising, Commercial Aviation". Smithsonian [[National Air and Space Museum]].
6. V&A Museum notes on stationery using his 1951 GPO telegram design
7. "Herbert Stanley Vintage Poster". Auctioneer.com.
8. Madge, Kathleen. (1947). "The World of Living Green".
9. "Probate Register".

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