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Light Hart Rum the new 'light-harted' spirit

Poster
1950 (designed), 1950 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Havinden, Ashley (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Light Hart Rum the new ‘light-harted’ spirit'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the product of United Rum Merchants. Signed and dated '1950'.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Drinking
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleLight Hart Rum the new 'light-harted' spirit
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithography
Printing Ink
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Light Hart Rum the new ‘light-harted’ spirit'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the product of United Rum Merchants. Designed by Ashley Havinden. Great Britain. 1950.
Physical description
'Light Hart Rum the new ‘light-harted’ spirit'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the product of United Rum Merchants. Signed and dated '1950'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 50.9cm
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 '1950'.
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 1971
Other number
18/B3 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.465-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1035227/light-hart-rum-the-new-poster-havinden-ashley/
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