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Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition

Poster
early 1932 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition' Colour lithograph poster advertising the exhibition at Olympia, London, 5-30 April 1932. The design shows two white doves, one wearing a blue bonnet, the other wearing a bowler hat and holding an umbrella under its wing. They are perched by the door of a pink birdhouse that has a yellow thatched roof. The text of the design is lettered beneath the doves, the whole design is against a dark ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDaily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition' Colour lithograph poster advertising the exhibition at Olympia, London, 5-30 April 1932. Designed by Frank Newbould, Great Britain, 1932.
Physical description
'Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition' Colour lithograph poster advertising the exhibition at Olympia, London, 5-30 April 1932. The design shows two white doves, one wearing a blue bonnet, the other wearing a bowler hat and holding an umbrella under its wing. They are perched by the door of a pink birdhouse that has a yellow thatched roof. The text of the design is lettered beneath the doves, the whole design is against a dark ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
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
  • Signed.
  • 'let's go' / DAILY MAIL / IDEAL HOME / EXHIBITION / OLYMPIA APRIL 5-30' (Text of design, lettered beneath the doves.)
Credit line
Given by Ogilvy Benson & Mather Ltd
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/E12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.160-1973

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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