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Artist/Maker	Whistler, Rex (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Colour poster advertising how to visit the Tate Gallery by public transport, including opening times and prices for the gallery. The poster depicts two women having tea outside, seemingly oblivious to the commotion around them, which includes a hunting party in a carriage, a cherub on a bicycle, a snake, and a drummer.

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Categories	Posters Transport Advertising
Object type	Poster
Title	The Tate Gallery (generic title)
Materials and techniques	colour lithograph Paper Colour Lithograph
Brief description	'The Tate Gallery', poster advertising the London Underground Railways, colour lithograph, Rex Whistler, Great Britain, 1928
Physical description	Colour poster advertising how to visit the Tate Gallery by public transport, including opening times and prices for the gallery. The poster depicts two women having tea outside, seemingly oblivious to the commotion around them, which includes a hunting party in a carriage, a cherub on a bicycle, a snake, and a drummer.
Dimensions	Height: 40.25in Width: 25in Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Marks and inscriptions	REX WHISTLER PINXT ANNO DOMINI MCMXXVIII (lettered on the pediment of the folly) THE TATE GALLERY / Weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. / Sundays 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Admission free (Tuesdays and Wednesdays 6d) / TRAFALGAR SQ OR WESTMINSTER STN / thence by bus 32, 51, 80, 88, 89, 180 or 181
Credit line	Given by the London Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted	Women Gig Hunting Horses Tea Snakes Cherubs Bicycles Follies Drummers
Associations	Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd Tate
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2264-1929

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1009268/the-tate-gallery-poster-whistler-rex/

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