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Animal and Bird Life in the South Polar Regions

Poster
1914 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph of a single penguin in polar landscape, entitled 'The Glad Eye'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAnimal and Bird Life in the South Polar Regions
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Poster advertising a series of lectures by Herbert Ponting about Antarctic expeditions, London, 1914.
Physical description
Colour lithograph of a single penguin in polar landscape, entitled 'The Glad Eye'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.3cm
  • Width: 50.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Philharmonic Hall/ Great Portland Street, W./ General Manager CHEVALIER BOCCHI/ Twice Daily at 3 & 8.15 (red on white, above image)
  • The Glad Eye (bottom left, within image)
  • Animal and Bird Life/ in the South Polar Regions./ Mr. Herbert G. Ponting. F.R.G.S.
  • Haycocks, Ltd. 69'70, Dean St, London. W
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Other number
LS.1847 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.720-2004

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Record createdOctober 20, 2004
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