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'I used to take the caravan to Southend ... '

Poster
1975 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour offset lithograph poster advertising Smirnoff Vodka. The design shows a caravan of camels and people walking along the horizon, silhouetted by a low sun, which leaves the lower two-thirds of the image in darkness. Lettered in white almost in the centre of the poster is the text: 'I used to take the caravan to Southend until I discovered Smirnoff'. Below is the text 'The effect is shattering', lettered above the Smirnoff logo.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title'I used to take the caravan to Southend ... '
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
'I used to take the caravan to Southend ... '. Colour offset lithograph poster advertising Smirnoff Vodka. Designed by Robin Nash and produced by the advertising agency Young & Rubicam Ltd., Great Britain, 1975.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster advertising Smirnoff Vodka. The design shows a caravan of camels and people walking along the horizon, silhouetted by a low sun, which leaves the lower two-thirds of the image in darkness. Lettered in white almost in the centre of the poster is the text: 'I used to take the caravan to Southend until I discovered Smirnoff'. Below is the text 'The effect is shattering', lettered above the Smirnoff logo.
Dimensions
  • Height: 56.3cm
  • Width: 41cm
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
''I used to take the caravan to Southend until I discovered Smirnoff' / The effect is shattering' (Text of design, lettered in white.)
Subjects depicted
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
28/B5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.381-1982

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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