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Southport
Matania, Fortunino, born 1881 - died 1963 - Enlarge image
Southport
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
Great Britain (issued)
- Date:
ca.1930 (issued)
- Artist/Maker:
Matania, Fortunino, born 1881 - died 1963 (artist)
London, Midland and Scottish Railway (issuer) - Materials and Techniques:
Colour lithograph
- Museum number:
E.189-1968
- Gallery location:
Architecture, Room 128a, case WW
Physical description
Rectangular landscape layout colour lithograph poster showing young twenty-somethings by the edge of a swimming pool. In the foreground, a woman in a pair of tight blue shorts and a sleeveless white top (one strap of which is hanging off her shoulder) has her arms held out behind her, as a man is putting a gown on her. A girl in a red swimming costume and cap is chasing after a red ball; another woman in a yellow and blue outfit is walking along with a parasol; another man and woman are sat talking; crowds of people are in the background and a pavilion.
Signed 'F.Matania'.
Place of Origin
Great Britain (issued)
Date
ca.1930 (issued)
Artist/maker
Matania, Fortunino, born 1881 - died 1963 (artist)
London, Midland and Scottish Railway (issuer)
Materials and Techniques
Colour lithograph
Marks and inscriptions
'F.Matania'
Signed
Dimensions
Height: 101.2 cm, Width: 124.6 cm, Height: 1260 mm sheet, Width: 1007 mm sheet
Descriptive line
'Southport'. Colour lithograph poster depicting young people by an outdoor swimming pool, with a pavilion visible in the background. Designed by Fortunino Matania and issued by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, ca.1930.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
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
Materials
Paper; Ink
Techniques
Colour lithography
Subjects depicted
Swimsuits; Shorts; Ball; Pavilion; Swimming pool; Swimming caps; Women
Categories
Prints; Advertising; Transport; Entertainment & Leisure; Posters; Scotland
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
