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Print

1992 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Artist Jonathan Mercer (born 1958) designed the artwork for this Beefeater menu, commissioned by Nicola Lloyd of Crabtree Hall. The restaurant wanted to change its style of menu from a standard photographic design to an illustrated menu which conveyed the notion of good traditional English food but in a colourful and lively way. The menu was designed so that the cover and special menu could be changed each season. Mercer therefore provided a series of wood engravings wittily illustrating the names of the dishes. For examples of the Beefeater menu see E.757-1994 to E.760-1994.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving, offset lithograph of wood engraving, and pen and ink on paper
Brief description
Artwork for a Beefeater restaurant menu, wood engraving and offset lithography of a wood engraving, designed by Jonathan Mercer, British, 1992
Physical description
Artwork for a Beefeater restaurant menu with label on cover lettered with artist's name.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.7cm
  • Width: 20.9cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with the artist's name 'Commissioned by Nicola Lloyd of Crabtree Hall'. (In ballpoint pen)
Gallery label
[Draft?] Jonathan Mercer designed the artwork for this Beefeater menu, commissioned by Nicola Lloyd of Crabtree Hall. For a presentation of artwork for some of the illustration in the 1992 Beefeater menu, with onlays for colour separations, see E.757-1994 to E.760-1994.(1994)
Object history
Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1995.
Subjects depicted
Summary
Artist Jonathan Mercer (born 1958) designed the artwork for this Beefeater menu, commissioned by Nicola Lloyd of Crabtree Hall. The restaurant wanted to change its style of menu from a standard photographic design to an illustrated menu which conveyed the notion of good traditional English food but in a colourful and lively way. The menu was designed so that the cover and special menu could be changed each season. Mercer therefore provided a series of wood engravings wittily illustrating the names of the dishes. For examples of the Beefeater menu see E.757-1994 to E.760-1994.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Collection
Accession number
E.752-1994

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