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The Chapman Light

Poster
1922 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph print of the Chapman Light (a tower-structure in the Thames Estuary).


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Chapman Light
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Colour lithograph print of the Chapman Light (a tower-structure in the Thames Estuary), proof of a poster advertising District Railway services to Leigh-on-Sea. By Charles Pears for Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1922.
Physical description
Colour lithograph print of the Chapman Light (a tower-structure in the Thames Estuary).
Dimensions
  • Height: 61.4cm
  • Width: 54.7cm
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
Production typeProof
Marks and inscriptions
Signed
Object history
This is a proof of a poster advertising District Railway services to Leigh-on-Sea.
Historical context
The Chapman Light is a naval light off Canvey Island in the Thames Estuary, England.
Subject depicted
Place 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/G11 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.97-1976

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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