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Poster Design

1953 (made)
Artist/Maker
Fraser, Eric George (FSIA) (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Preliminary design, in body colour and pencil, for the 'The New Elizabethan' poster (see E.523-1987), with slightly different wording and lettering. On the back are faintly sketched lettering and elements of the design drawn in reverse. Inscribed on the back, Eric Fraser with the date 1/53 and R[?eceived] 12 Jan 53.


Object details

Categories
Designs
Posters
Object type
Poster Design
Materials and techniques
Pencil and body colour
Pencil
Body Colour
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Preliminary design, in body colour and pencil, for the 'The New Elizabethan' poster advertising the Post Office Savings Bank (see E.523-1987). By Eric George Fraser. Great Britain. 1953.
Physical description
Preliminary design, in body colour and pencil, for the 'The New Elizabethan' poster (see E.523-1987), with slightly different wording and lettering. On the back are faintly sketched lettering and elements of the design drawn in reverse. Inscribed on the back, Eric Fraser with the date 1/53 and R[?eceived] 12 Jan 53.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40.4cm
  • Width: 55.6cm
Dimensions 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
  • (On the back are faintly sketched lettering and elements of the design drawn in reverse.)
  • (Inscribed on the back, Eric Fraser with the date 1/53 and R[?eceived] 12 Jan 53.)
Production
E.523-1987 is an example of the completed design that was developed from this sketch.
Subject depicted
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Associated object
E.523-1987
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
13/F7 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.522-1987

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Record createdJuly 27, 2000
Record URL
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