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Boat Race 1921

Poster
1921 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster advertising the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race, with a stylised illustration of the boat race as viewed from above.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBoat Race 1921
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Boat Race 1921'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race. Designed by Charles Paine and issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1921.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race, with a stylised illustration of the boat race as viewed from above.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.6cm
  • Width: 63.4cm
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
'BOAT / RACE / 1921' (Lettered in white in the lower-left corner of the illustration.)
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
29/D2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.261-1981

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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