Walter Ernest Spradbery (1889–1969) was a British designer, painter and poet. Spradbery trained at the

Walthamstow School of Art Walthamstow School of Art was an art school based in Walthamstow Walthamstow ( or ) is a town within the London Borough of Waltham Forest in east London. The town borders Chingford to the north, Snaresbrook and South Woodford to the east, ...

. From 1911 until 1944, he designed posters, primarily for London Transport. In 1929, he married the opera singer Dorothy d'Orsay, and they settled in

Buckhurst Hill Buckhurst Hill is an affluent suburban town in Epping Forest District, Epping Forest, Essex, within the Greater London Urban Area and adjacent to the northern boundary of the London Borough of Redbridge. The area developed following the opening ...

, Essex.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Spradbery, Walter 1889 births 1969 deaths British poster artists British railway artists People from Buckhurst Hill