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Great Western To Devon's Moors

Poster
1932 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Great Western Region, British Railways (issuer)
Great Western Railway (issuer)
Kauffer (artist)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster advertising the Great Western Railway. The design shows a moorland landscape with sandy train tracks that cross, one track continuing into the distance. The text at the bottom of the design and there is a black and white graphic bar down the left-hand side.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleGreat Western To Devon's Moors (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Great Western To Devon's Moors'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by the Great Western Railway, Great Britain, 1932.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising the Great Western Railway. The design shows a moorland landscape with sandy train tracks that cross, one track continuing into the distance. The text at the bottom of the design and there is a black and white graphic bar down the left-hand side.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1000mm
  • Width: 610mm
From departmental notes.
Marks and inscriptions
'E McKnight Kauffer' (Signed.)
Subjects depicted
Travel
Transport
Moors
Place depicted
Devon
Associated object
E.544-1933 (Duplicate)
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
  • The Poster King. E. McKnight Kauffer London: Estorick Collection of modern italian art, 2011.
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.403-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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