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Toys Of All Ages

Poster
1935 (designed), 1935 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Greater London (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster reproducing six toys to be found in public collections in London. Signed and dated 'E. McKnight Kauffer '35'.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleToys Of All Ages (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph and letterpress printed in blue and red
Letterpress Printing
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Toys Of All Ages'. Colour offset lithograph and letterpress poster (one of three, along with a key and a guide). 1-6 in a series of images of toys advertising public collections of toys in London. Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and issued by the London Passenger Transport Board, 1935.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster reproducing six toys to be found in public collections in London. Signed and dated 'E. McKnight Kauffer '35'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.8cm
  • Width: 63.4cm
From departmental notes.
Marks and inscriptions
'E. McKnight Kauffer '35' (Signed and dated)
Subject depicted
Toys (Recreational Artifacts)
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 1971
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.414-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1035554/toys-of-all-ages-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
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