Empire Buying Makes Busy Factories

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Artist/Maker	Gardiner, Clive (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

'Electrical Machinery'. An original design, in body colour, for one part of a six part poster promoting the purchasing of goods produced by the British Empire. Signed.

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Categories	Prints Designs Posters
Object type	Poster Design
Titles	Empire Buying Makes Busy Factories (series title) Electrical Machinery
Materials and techniques	Body colour drawing Body Colour Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description	'Electrical Machinery'. An original design, in body colour, for one part of a six part poster (entitled 'Empire Buying Makes Busy Factories') promoting the purchasing of goods produced by the British Empire. By Clive Gardiner. Great Britain. c.1927-28.
Physical description	'Electrical Machinery'. An original design, in body colour, for one part of a six part poster promoting the purchasing of goods produced by the British Empire. Signed.
Dimensions	Height: 101.6cm Width: 152.4cm Dimensions 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
Credit line	Given by the Empire Marketing Board.
Subjects depicted	British Empire Industry Machinery
Associated objects	E.324-1934 E.443:1-1932 E.443:2-1932 E.443:3-1932 E.443:4-1932 E.443:5-1932 E.443:6-1932
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 Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Other number	14/G6 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.323-1934

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1110550/empire-buying-makes-busy-factories-poster-design-gardiner-clive/

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