Eilean Donan Castle

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Artist/Maker	Minton, John (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster showing an illustration of the island castle Eilean Donan Castle, near Kyle, Ross-shire, encouraging the public to use their correct postal address.

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Categories	Prints Posters Scotland
Object type	Poster
Title	Eilean Donan Castle (trade title)
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	'Eilean Donan Castle'. Colour offset lithograph poster showing an illustration of the island castle, encouraging the public to use their correct postal address. Designed by John Minton and issued by the General Post Office, Great Britain, 1957.
Physical description	Colour offset lithograph poster showing an illustration of the island castle Eilean Donan Castle, near Kyle, Ross-shire, encouraging the public to use their correct postal address.
Dimensions	Height: 27.94cm Width: 22.54cm Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO 1964
Credit line	Given by H.M. Postmaster-General
Subjects depicted	Castle Sea
Place depicted	Eilean Donan
Associated objects	P.21-1957 (Design) E.23322-1957 (Series) E.23321-1957 (Series)
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO, 1964 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	27/B12 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.23323-1957

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O574304/eilean-donan-castle-poster-minton-john/

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