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Cheaper Empire Telegrams

Poster
1938 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Cheaper Empire Telegrams. Hand In Your Telegram Here'. Colour offset lithograph poster, signed 'E McKnight Kauffer hon. R.D.I.'


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCheaper Empire Telegrams (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
'Cheaper Empire Telegrams'. Colour offset lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and issued by the General Post Office, Great Britain, 1938.
Physical description
'Cheaper Empire Telegrams. Hand In Your Telegram Here'. Colour offset lithograph poster, signed 'E McKnight Kauffer hon. R.D.I.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 38.1cm
  • Width: 25.6cm
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
'E McKnight Kauffer hon. R.D.I.' (Signed)
Production
This is a reduced version of Circ.308-1971.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
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
Collection
Accession number
E.3277-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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