Barking/Knebworth/Knole

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Artist/Maker	London Passenger Transport Board (issued by) The Curwen Press (printers) Bawden, Edward (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (printed and published)

Edward Bawden designed this poster for London Transport to promote coach trips to three sites in the home counties: Eastbury Manor House (an Elizabethan house), in Barking, Essex, Knebworth House (the home of Bulwer Lytton) in Hertfordshire, and Knole House (the home of Lord Sackville) in Kent. Each house is presented in a simplified vignette, presented like views seen through apertures in a fabric-like surface with a pattern of oak leaves and branches printed in green on black.

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Categories	Posters Transport
Object type	Poster
Title	Barking/Knebworth/Knole (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph and letterpress Ink Paper Lithography Letterpress
Brief description	'Barking/Knebworth/Knole'; Poster; Colour lithograph and letterpress; Signed; designed by Edward Bawden; issued by the London Passenger Transport Board; Great Britain; 1936.
Dimensions	Height: 101.9cm Width: 63.2cm
Credit line	Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Summary	Edward Bawden designed this poster for London Transport to promote coach trips to three sites in the home counties: Eastbury Manor House (an Elizabethan house), in Barking, Essex, Knebworth House (the home of Bulwer Lytton) in Hertfordshire, and Knole House (the home of Lord Sackville) in Kent. Each house is presented in a simplified vignette, presented like views seen through apertures in a fabric-like surface with a pattern of oak leaves and branches printed in green on black.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.996-2004

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1024080/barkingknebworthknole-poster-bawden-edward/

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