Tea Drives Away the Droops Says Mr T. Pott
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, UK (issued)
- Date:
1936 (designed)
1936 (issued) - Artist/Maker:
Kauffer, Edward McKnight, born 1890 - died 1954 (designer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Colour lithograph and offset
- Museum number:
E.516-1980
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case Y, shelf 69, box D
Physical description
Poster designed for an unidentified client. A primarily yellow, blue and red design, incorporating a black and white photograph of the singer Gracie Fields drinking a cup of tea and a blue and white graphic of an anthropomorphised teapot holding a top hat. Signed and dated 'E. McKnight Kauffer 36'.
Place of Origin
Great Britain, UK (issued)
Date
1936 (designed)
1936 (issued)
Artist/maker
Kauffer, Edward McKnight, born 1890 - died 1954 (designer)
Materials and Techniques
Colour lithograph and offset
Marks and inscriptions
'E. McKnight Kauffer 36'
'Tea Drives Away the Droops Says Mr T. Pott'
Dimensions
Height: 76.1 cm, Width: 50.7 cm
Descriptive line
'Tea Drives Away the Droops Says Mr T. Pott'. Colour offset lithograph poster with a yellow, blue and red design, incorporating a photograph of the singer Gracie Fields. Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer for an unidentified client, Great Britain, 1936.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
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
The full text of the entry is as follows:
'KAUFFER, Edward McKnight (1890-1954)
[…]
Tea Drives Away the Droops Says Mr T Pott. Poster designed for an unidentified client, incorporating in the design a photograph of the singer Gracie Fields. 1936 S/D 36 COL 76.1 x 50.7 cm
E.516-1980 fiche 22/F1'
Techniques
Colour offset lithography
Subjects depicted
Top hat; Fields, Gracie; Teapot
Categories
Paintings; Posters; Anthropomorphism
Collection code
PDP
