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Artist: ERIC HENRI KENNINGTON (1888-1960) Size: 22 x 32 in./51 x 81.2 cm Baynard Press, London One of Britain's most significant war artists, E.H. Kennington's work now hangs in the Imperial War Museum; his bust of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) is in St. Paul's Cathedral. Anticipating World War II, he planned camouflage schemes for London's most prominent landmarks. His WWII poster series "Seeing it Through" for London Transport is widely admired for championing the quiet heroism of London's municipal workers, who fought the fires and comforted Londoners during the Blitz. This one features a poem by A.P. Herbert, "Virtues of the Bus Driver," whose final stanza reads in part: Bus driver, bus driver, the sirens have gone: The bombs may come down, but the buses go on. (WWII, Propaganda, Rail, Humanitarian)