London History at the London Museum

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Artist/Maker	Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by) Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin	Greater London (issued)

'London History at the London Museum'. Colour lithograph poster showing a graphic image of a burning building with huge flames and streams of smoke.

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Categories	Transport Advertising Prints Entertainment & Leisure Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	London History at the London Museum (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Lithographic Ink Colour Lithography
Brief description	'London History at The London Museum'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1922.
Physical description	'London History at the London Museum'. Colour lithograph poster showing a graphic image of a burning building with huge flames and streams of smoke.
Dimensions	Height: 101.6cm Width: 63.5cm From departmental notes.
Marks and inscriptions	'E McK. Kauffer. 22' (Signed and dated.)
Credit line	Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subject depicted	Great Fire of London
Place depicted	London Museum
Associated objects	E.1-1924 (Design) E.94-1924 (Version) E.1613-1966 (Version)
Bibliographic references	Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1 The Poster King. E. McKnight Kauffer London: Estorick Collection of modern italian art, 2011. Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926.
Other number	21/C12 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2-1924

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1023178/london-history-at-the-london-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/

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