The Main Routes of Imperial Airways

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Artist/Maker	Ben Johnson & Co. Ltd (printer) Unknown
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

A colour advertisement for Imperial Airways depicting three superimposed images of the world in various sizes and showing different areas of the globe. On each of these there are black lines in various patters signifying the flight routes of Imperial Airways. In the top right there is a key and in the bottom right there is information regarding bookings.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Tourism & Travel Entertainment & Leisure Maps
Object type	Print
Title	The Main Routes of Imperial Airways (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour halftone print on paper that has been pasted onto a card support Paper Card Support Halftone Printing
Brief description	Print, pictorial advertisements for Imperial Airways, colour halftone on paper pasted onto support card, Great Britain, probably 1939
Physical description	A colour advertisement for Imperial Airways depicting three superimposed images of the world in various sizes and showing different areas of the globe. On each of these there are black lines in various patters signifying the flight routes of Imperial Airways. In the top right there is a key and in the bottom right there is information regarding bookings.
Dimensions	Height: 27.7cm Width: 37.4cm Height: 65.1cm (Note: card support) Width: 51.2cm (Note: card support) Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Marks and inscriptions	'Ben Johnson & Co. Ltd. York' (Lettered with name of printers) '3/39' (Numbered (possibly a date))
Subjects depicted	Air Travel Map World
Association	Imperial Airways
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.208-1991

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Record created	March 2, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O193655/the-main-routes-of-imperial-print-unknown/

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