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Upminster

Design
1927 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mansbridge, John (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Original watercolour design of Upminster Windmill.


Object details

Categories
Designs
Posters
Object type
design
TitleUpminster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Water-Colour
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Original design for a poster to advertise the London General Omnibus Company entitled 'Upminster', watercolour design y John Mansbridge, Great Britain, 1927.
Physical description
Original watercolour design of Upminster Windmill.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100.9cm
  • Width: 62.7cm
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
Signed.
Credit line
Given by the Superintendent of Advertisements, London Underground Electric Railways (UERL)
Object history
This is the design for a poster advertising the London General Omnibus Company, that was issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. in 1927.
Production
This is the design for a poster advertising the London General Omnibus Company, that was issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. in 1927.
Subject depicted
Windmill
Place depicted
Upminster Windmill
Associated object
E.994-1927 (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
  • 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 1928
Other number
26/A11 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.463-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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