The Royal United Services Museum

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Artist/Maker	Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by) Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Original design for a poster, 'The Royal United Services Museum' (see E.97-1924). Signed and dated.

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Categories	Drawings Designs Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster Design
Title	The Royal United Services Museum (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Gouache and body colour Gouache Body Colour
Brief description	'The Royal United Services Museum', original design by Edward McKnight Kauffer for a poster that was issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1922.
Physical description	Original design for a poster, 'The Royal United Services Museum' (see E.97-1924). Signed and dated.
Dimensions	From departmental notes height: 45.7cm From departmental notes width: 30.5cm See notes field height: 54.4cm See notes field width: 36.8cm Second pair of 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	'E. McKnight, 1922' (Signed and dated in ink.)
Credit line	Given by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London
Associated object	E.97-1924 (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 Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1925
Other numbers	21/D7 - V&A microfiche C.9956 - Object no.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.364-1925

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1035857/the-royal-united-services-museum-poster-design-kauffer-edward-mcknight/

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