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Barnet By Tram

Poster
1922 (issued), ca.1922 (made)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Paine, Charles (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)
Great Britain (made)

Design for a poster promoting tram travel to Barnet, in body colour on beaver board (fibre-board). A stylised illustration depicting seven horses, viewed in profile facing to the left of the image.


Object details

Categories
Designs
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
poster
TitleBarnet By Tram (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Body colour on beaver board (fibre-board)
Body Colour
Fibre-Board
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Original design by Charles Paine for a poster entitled 'Barnet', that was issued by Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. Great Britain, ca.1922.
Physical description
Design for a poster promoting tram travel to Barnet, in body colour on beaver board (fibre-board). A stylised illustration depicting seven horses, viewed in profile facing to the left of the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75.2cm
  • Width: 54.9cm
Measurements taken from: 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
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Charles Paine' (Signed.)
  • 'BARNET' (Lettered in black below the illustration.)
Object history
The resultant poster was issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. in 1922.
Production
The resultant poster was issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. in 1922.
Subject depicted
Horses
Associated object
E.1090-1922 (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
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1926
Other numbers
  • 29/D10 - V&A microfiche
  • C.10085 - Object no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.828-1926

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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