"That ain't the comet Guv'nor …"
Poster
1910 (issued)
1910 (issued)
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“That Aint The Comet Guv`nor, That's a Voelker Mantle Your Looking At”. Colour lithograph poster advertising gas mantles and commenting on the appearance of a comet.
The design shows a night scene with a ‘toff’ in a black and white-topped top hat and dress coat, looking through a telescope at a bright light on top of a hill in the distance. His servant is wearing a brown bowler hat and sandy coloured car-coat with a red scarf and is pointing at the mantel.
Red text at top on blue sky background, with black text below. Signed.
The design shows a night scene with a ‘toff’ in a black and white-topped top hat and dress coat, looking through a telescope at a bright light on top of a hill in the distance. His servant is wearing a brown bowler hat and sandy coloured car-coat with a red scarf and is pointing at the mantel.
Red text at top on blue sky background, with black text below. Signed.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | "That ain't the comet Guv'nor …" |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithography |
| Brief description | “That Aint The Comet Guv`nor, That's a Voelker Mantle Your Looking At”. Colour lithograph poster advertising gas mantles. Designed by John Hassall. Great Britain. 1910. |
| Physical description | “That Aint The Comet Guv`nor, That's a Voelker Mantle Your Looking At”. Colour lithograph poster advertising gas mantles and commenting on the appearance of a comet. The design shows a night scene with a ‘toff’ in a black and white-topped top hat and dress coat, looking through a telescope at a bright light on top of a hill in the distance. His servant is wearing a brown bowler hat and sandy coloured car-coat with a red scarf and is pointing at the mantel. Red text at top on blue sky background, with black text below. Signed. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed. |
| Credit line | Given by Ogilvy Benson & Mather Ltd |
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| 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 | 17/F3 - V&A microfiche |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.60-1973 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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