Stanley Herbert

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|06|27|df=yes}}Stanley Herbert, poster designer, in 1939 England and Wales Register

| birth_place = Oldham, Lancashire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|1|1|1905|06|27|df=yes}}

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| occupation = Artist

| years_active = 1930s–1960s

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File:Stanley Herbert signature.jpg magazine, 8 October 1937]]

File:Self portrait by Stanley Herbert 1955.jpg

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,{{cite journal|date=1937-10-08|journal=Radio Times|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/combomphotos/5478940741/|title=Radio Times (Autumn Number)}}{{cite journal|date=1938-06-03|journal=Radio Times|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/combomphotos/5478940615/|title=Radio Times (Open-Air Number)}} and London Transport{{cite web|url=http://www.ltmcollection.org/posters/artist/artist.html?IXartist=Stanley+Herbert|title=Artist: Stanley Herbert - Poster and poster artwork collection|publisher=London Transport Museum|accessdate=20 January 2013}} and Imperial Airways,{{cite web|url=http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19900754000|title=Poster, Advertising, Commercial Aviation|publisher=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum|accessdate=20 January 2013}} for both of whom he designed posters. His other clients included the RAF,V&A Museum notes on stationery using his 1951 GPO telegram design BOAC,{{cite web|url=http://www.poster-auctioneer.com/poster_en/product_details_history.php?id=3179|title=Herbert Stanley Vintage Poster|work=Auctioneer.com|accessdate=22 January 2013}} 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,{{cite book|last=Madge|first=Kathleen|title=The World of Living Green|year=1947|publisher=}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=herbert&yearOfDeath=1967&page=5#calendar|title=Probate Register}}