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Lake Transport in Africa

Poster
ca.1949 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour offset lithograph poster with a design depicting a white, multi-storey, passenger watercraft with a bright blue sky above.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLake Transport in Africa
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
'Lake Transport in Africa'. Colour offset lithograph poster with a design depicting a white, multi-storey, passenger watercraft. Designed by John Nunney. Possibly prepared by the Central Office of Information for the Colonial Office, for use in British schools, ca.1945-50.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster with a design depicting a white, multi-storey, passenger watercraft with a bright blue sky above.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 50.6cm
  • Size of sheet width: 76.1cm
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
  • 'Nunney' (Signed.)
  • 'Frenches Road Boys School' (Inscribed in pencil on the back in another hand.)
Object history
Possibly prepared by the Central Office of Information and for the Colonial Office, for use in British schools.
Production
Possibly prepared by the Central Office of Information for the Colonial Office, for use in British schools.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Associated objects
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
29/B1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.374-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
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