Welwyn for Sportsmen

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

'Welwyn for Sportsmen'. Colour lithograph poster with letterpress, promoting Welwyn Garden City and housing available through the city's estate office and the estate agents Knight, Frank & Rutley, using the city's sports facilities as a promotional feature. Signed and dated within the design Fraser and R.P.G. '28.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Sport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Welwyn for Sportsmen
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph and letterpress Printing Ink Colour Lithography Letterpress
Brief description	'Welwyn for Sportsmen'. Colour lithograph poster with letterpress, promoting Welwyn Garden City. Designed by Eric George Fraser and Reginald Percy (Robert) Gossop. Great Britain. 1928.
Physical description	'Welwyn for Sportsmen'. Colour lithograph poster with letterpress, promoting Welwyn Garden City and housing available through the city's estate office and the estate agents Knight, Frank & Rutley, using the city's sports facilities as a promotional feature. Signed and dated within the design Fraser and R.P.G. '28.
Dimensions	Height: 101.6cm Width: 63.3cm 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	Fraser and R.P.G. '28 (Signed and dated within the design.)
Subjects depicted	Housing Sport
Place depicted	Welwyn Garden City
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/G3 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.548-1987

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Record created	July 27, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O44479/welwyn-for-sportsmen-poster-fraser-eric-george/

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