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Tea Drives Away the Droops Says Mr T. Pott

Poster
1936 (designed), 1936 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTea Drives Away the Droops Says Mr T. Pott
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph and offset
Brief description
'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.
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'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.1cm
  • Width: 50.7cm
Measurements 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
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'E. McKnight Kauffer 36' (Signed and dated)
  • 'Tea Drives Away the Droops Says Mr T. Pott' (Text of design)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
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
Other number
22/F1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.516-1980

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Record createdApril 3, 2008
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