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The Law Courts

Menu Card
1951 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Menu card with an illustration of the Royal Courts of Justice at the top of the sheet. The courts are seen through the window of a London taxicab, with the driver seated on the right. At the bottom of the sheet, printed in blue, is the P&O logo.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Law Courts (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour process engraving
Brief description
The Law Courts. Menu card from a set of twelve showing London scenes, designed by Strom Gould for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Colour process engraving, ca.1951.
Physical description
Menu card with an illustration of the Royal Courts of Justice at the top of the sheet. The courts are seen through the window of a London taxicab, with the driver seated on the right. At the bottom of the sheet, printed in blue, is the P&O logo.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 21.6cm
  • Sheet width: 14cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Marks and inscriptions
'P&O' (Lettered with company logo)
Credit line
Given by the Editor of Modern Publicity
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Accession number
E.1833-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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