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Make Your Home In Welwyn

Poster
ca.1939 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster advertising houses to let or for sale in Welwyn Garden City. There is a stylised depiction of birds and their nest in the centre of the design.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMake Your Home In Welwyn
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Make Your Home In Welwyn'. Colour lithograph poster advertising houses to let or for sale in Welwyn Garden City. Designed by Charles Paine and issued by the Estate Office of Welwyn Garden City, Great Britain, ca.1939.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising houses to let or for sale in Welwyn Garden City. There is a stylised depiction of birds and their nest in the centre of the design.
Dimensions
  • Height: 110.2cm
  • Width: 63cm
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
'MAKE YOUR HOME IN / WELWYN' (Text of design lettered below the image.)
Credit line
Given by J. W. F. Morton Esq.
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
Other number
29/F2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.1373-1976

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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