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Jack and Jill, An Underground Fairy Tale

Poster
1932 (made)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
Aubrey Hammond (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)
London (issued)

Landscape format poster advertising the London Underground. Designed to be cut up to form a childrens theatre.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Children & Childhood
Transport
Object type
Poster
TitleJack and Jill, An Underground Fairy Tale (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph, paper
Paper
Colour Lithograph
Brief description
'Jack and Jill, An Underground Fairy Tale,' designed by Aubrey Hammond, issued by the London Passenger Transport Board, England, 1932.
Physical description
Landscape format poster advertising the London Underground. Designed to be cut up to form a childrens theatre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40in
  • Width: 50in
Dimensions taken from: 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
Credit line
Given by the London Transport Board.
Subjects depicted
Underground
Nursery Rhyme
Place depicted
London
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
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
E.2964-1934

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1119993/jack-and-jill-an-underground-poster-aubrey-hammond/
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