Porter's Special Bull Dog Ale

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Artist/Maker	Patterson, Malcolm (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster advertising Porter's Special Bull Dog Ale, a product of Robert Porter & Co. Ltd. The design depicts a scene of two chairmen, viewed in profile, carrying a white sedan chair through a city at dusk. 'PORTER'S SPECIAL BULL DOG ALE' is lettered across the side of the sedan chair.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Drinking Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Porter's Special Bull Dog Ale
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Porter's Special Bull Dog Ale'. Colour lithograph poster advertising a product of Robert Porter & Co. Ltd., depicting two men carrying a sedan chair. Designed by Malcolm Patterson, Great Britain, ca.1902.
Physical description	Colour lithograph poster advertising Porter's Special Bull Dog Ale, a product of Robert Porter & Co. Ltd. The design depicts a scene of two chairmen, viewed in profile, carrying a white sedan chair through a city at dusk. 'PORTER'S SPECIAL BULL DOG ALE' is lettered across the side of the sedan chair.
Dimensions	Height: 198.2cm Width: 297.5cm 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	'PORTER'S / SPECIAL / BULL DOG / ALE' (Lettered, alternately in blue and red, across the side of the sedan chair in the design.) Signed
Credit line	Given by Ogilvy Benson & Mather Ltd
Subjects depicted	Sedan Chairmen City Dusk Ale
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/G6 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.45-1973

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O561973/porters-special-bull-dog-ale-poster-patterson-malcolm/

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