Bone attended the Slade between 1922 and 1924. The name Henry Tonks appears humorously over the Confectioner's shop whilst R. Schwarbe Stamps Bought and Sold appears alongside - intriguingly this refers to Tonks eventual (1930) successor at the Slade. Bone's 1928 mural for Piccadilly Circus Underground Station evolved around a similar theme of High Street shop fronts.