Royal Mail Steam Packet. South American Service.
Poster
1921 (issued)
1921 (issued)
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'Royal Mail Steam Packet. South American Service'. Colour lithograph poster with a stylised design of an ocean liner at sea viewed in profile, printed in light-blue, dark-blue and mustard on a white ground. Below, the following text is printed in dark-blue: ‘R.M.S.P / SOUTH AMERICAN / SERVICE / THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET CO / ATLANTIC HOUSE MOORGATE LONDON E.C.2’. Signed.
Object details
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| Title | Royal Mail Steam Packet. South American Service. |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithography |
| Brief description | 'Royal Mail Steam Packet. South American Service'. Colour lithograph poster with a stylised design of an ocean liner at sea. Designed by Frederick Charles Herrick. Printed by The Baynard Press. Issued by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, London. 1921. |
| Physical description | 'Royal Mail Steam Packet. South American Service'. Colour lithograph poster with a stylised design of an ocean liner at sea viewed in profile, printed in light-blue, dark-blue and mustard on a white ground. Below, the following text is printed in dark-blue: ‘R.M.S.P / SOUTH AMERICAN / SERVICE / THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET CO / ATLANTIC HOUSE MOORGATE LONDON E.C.2’. Signed. |
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| Bibliographic reference | 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 |
| Other number | 18/F7 - V&A microfiche |
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| Accession number | E.2769-1921 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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