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Cheaper Empire Telegrams

Poster
1938 (issued)
Artist/Maker
General Post Office (issuer)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Cheaper Empire Telegrams. Hand In Your Telegram Here'. Colour offset lithograph poster, signed 'E McKnight Kauffer hon. R.D.I.'


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleCheaper Empire Telegrams (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Cheaper Empire Telegrams'. Colour offset lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and issued by the General Post Office, Great Britain, 1938.
Physical description
'Cheaper Empire Telegrams. Hand In Your Telegram Here'. Colour offset lithograph poster, signed 'E McKnight Kauffer hon. R.D.I.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 51.1cm
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 Kauffer hon. R.D.I.' (Signed)
Credit line
Acquired from Adrian Tilbrook in 1971.
Subjects depicted
British Empire
Communication
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
Other number
23/A8 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.308-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1036191/cheaper-empire-telegrams-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
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