Travel in rail comfort...

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Artist/Maker	London Midland Region, British Railways (issuer) Karo (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

'Travel in rail comfort...' Colour lithograph poster issued by London Midland Region, British Railways.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Travel in rail comfort... (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Travel in rail comfort...' Colour lithograph poster designed by 'Karo' (pseudonym of George Brzezinski). Issued by London Midland Region, British Railways, Great Britain, 1956.
Physical description	'Travel in rail comfort...' Colour lithograph poster issued by London Midland Region, British Railways.
Dimensions	Height: 101.6cm Width: 63.5cm Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions	'Karo' (Signed.)
Subject depicted	Travel
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO, 1963 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	20/G10 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.442-1956

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O578579/travel-in-rail-comfort-poster-karo/

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