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England v. Germany

Poster
1935 (made)
Artist/Maker
Eckersley, Tom (OBE) (designer)
Lombers, Eric (designer)
Place of origin
London (published)

Poster advertising a football match, 'England V. Germany' at Tottenham Hotspur Football Ground, December 4 at 2.30pm, probably 1935s. The image depicts a football-player's leg kicking a football. The image is an abstracted mix of blue, green and black areas of colour. At the top of the poster, in black letters, are the match details, 'England v. Germany', and to the right of the image, at a diagonal angle, printed in blue is the date ant time. Below the image are details relating to the event, including the location, and local train stations and bus and tram routes. The London Transport symbol, a circl with a horizontal line through its centre is printed in the upper left corner of the poster.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Sport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleEngland v. Germany (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
Poster advertising a football match between England and Germany at Tottenham Hotspur Football Ground, London, designed by Eckersley Lombers, United Kingdom (London), 1935
Physical description
Poster advertising a football match, 'England V. Germany' at Tottenham Hotspur Football Ground, December 4 at 2.30pm, probably 1935s. The image depicts a football-player's leg kicking a football. The image is an abstracted mix of blue, green and black areas of colour. At the top of the poster, in black letters, are the match details, 'England v. Germany', and to the right of the image, at a diagonal angle, printed in blue is the date ant time. Below the image are details relating to the event, including the location, and local train stations and bus and tram routes. The London Transport symbol, a circl with a horizontal line through its centre is printed in the upper left corner of the poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
  • Width: 31.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ENGLAND v. GERMANY' (Printed in black letters, above image)
  • '2.30 DEC-4' (Printed in blue, at a diagonal angle, to the right of the image)
  • 'TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR / FOOTBALL GROUND' (Printed in black, lower right of the poster, location of event)
  • 'Station - Manor House, thence tram 27, 59 or 79 / Buses 39, 69 & 76. Trams 27, 49, 59, 71 & 79' (Transport information, printed below the event location, lower right)
  • '35 - 4791 - 10,000 - D.P.C.' (Print info, lower left corner)
  • 'Eckersley Lombers' (Artists' names, printed along lower left edge of the image)
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
Recreation
Sportsmen
Balls (Recreational Artifacts)
Football
Football Boots
Socks
Other number
LS.2016 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1571-2004

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Record createdMay 15, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O123927/england-v-germany-poster-eckersley-tom-obe/
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