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Autumn Gold. Don't miss Autumn's Splendours

Design
1927 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Original watercolour design for a poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., showing the head, shoulders and arms of a figure with short hair wearing a scarf, viewed from behind, with a branch of golden autumn leaves either side of them. 'AUTUMN GOLD' is lettered aross the background and 'Don't miss Autumn Splendours' along the bottom edge of the design.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAutumn Gold. Don't miss Autumn's Splendours (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Brief description
Original design for a poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. entitled 'Autumn Gold. Don't miss Autumn’s Splendours', watercolour design by Dora M. Batty, Great Britain, 1927.
Physical description
Original watercolour design for a poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., showing the head, shoulders and arms of a figure with short hair wearing a scarf, viewed from behind, with a branch of golden autumn leaves either side of them. 'AUTUMN GOLD' is lettered aross the background and 'Don't miss Autumn Splendours' along the bottom edge of the design.
Dimensions
  • Sight size height: 28.5cm
  • Sight size width: 46.7cm
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
Production typeDesign
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'AUTUMN GOLD' (Lettered aross the background)
  • 'Don't miss Autumn Splendours' (Lettered below the image, along the bottom edge of the design)
Credit line
Given by the Superintendent of Advertisements, London Underground Electric Railways (UERL)
Subjects depicted
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 1928
Other number
3/B1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.455-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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