Night Warning, Isle of Dogs

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Artist/Maker	Feliks Topolski (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Pen and ink and wash illustration on brown paper depicting a wartime night warning procedure on the Isle of Dogs in London for Britain in Peace and War, a book of drawings by Feliks Topolski. Signed and dated in ink by the artist.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Night Warning, Isle of Dogs (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink and wash illustration Brown Paper Pen and Ink Drawing Illustration Wash
Brief description	Illustration entitled 'Night Warning, Isle of Dogs' for Britain in Peace and War, a book of drawings by Feliks Topolski. London, 1940.
Physical description	Pen and ink and wash illustration on brown paper depicting a wartime night warning procedure on the Isle of Dogs in London for Britain in Peace and War, a book of drawings by Feliks Topolski. Signed and dated in ink by the artist.
Dimensions	Height: 11.5in Width: 15.875in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Marks and inscriptions	Signed and dated in ink 'Feliks Topolski, Autumn, 1940'.
Credit line	Given by the Artist
Production	Published by Messrs. Methuen & Co., London, 1941.
Subject depicted	War
Place depicted	London
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.76-1946

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O607890/night-warning-isle-of-dogs-drawing-feliks-topolski/

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