Forgotten London Underground posters - Telegraph London Transport Museum in Covent Garden cares for one of the world's finest poster archives and includes images that are now over 100 years old. Many of the designs featured were inspired by the creation of the modern graphic poster, which dates from the 1890s and revolutionised the advertising industry. The posters featured in this gallery span decades of the museum's collection and replicas are available to purchase at the museum or online. Until Mar 19, the museum is also running the exhibition Poster Parade - Painting by Numbers which features a selection of statistics relating to the London Underground Tube network. Underground for Business or Pleasure; by FE Witney, 1913 The first graphic posters were commissioned by Frank Pick, who was made responsible for London Underground's publicity in 1908. Then, as now, the Underground was primarily used by commuters but the works he authorised sought to promote the benefits of the transport network and provide London Underground with a more coherent corporate identity. Picture: London Transport Museum