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The Fall of the Countryside

Poster Design
1931 (made), 1931 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Dinkel, Ernest Michael (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

'The Fall of the Countryside – but there is still freedom and freshness'. Final body-colour design for a poster advertising the London General Omnibus Company (see E.3336-1932). Signed and dated.


Object details

Categories
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster design
TitleThe Fall of the Countryside
Materials and techniques
Drawing in body-colour
Body-Colour
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
'The Fall of the Countryside – but there is still freedom and freshness'. Final body-colour design for a poster advertising the London General Omnibus Company, that was issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. By Ernest Michael Dinkel. Great Britain. 1931.
Physical description
'The Fall of the Countryside – but there is still freedom and freshness'. Final body-colour design for a poster advertising the London General Omnibus Company (see E.3336-1932). Signed and dated.
Dimensions
  • Height: 97cm
  • Width: 61.6cm
Dimensions 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
(Signed and dated '1931'.)
Associated objects
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 1931
Other number
10/G8 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.767-1931

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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