Tower Bridge provides a monument of high drama …

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Artist/Maker	London Transport Board (issued by) Farleigh, John Frederick William Charles CBE (artist)
Place of origin	London (issued)

'Tower Bridge provides a monument of high drama …' Offset lithograph poster with letterpress. Signed 'John Farleigh'.

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Categories	Prints Transport Advertising Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Tower Bridge provides a monument of high drama …
Materials and techniques	printing Letterpress Offset Lithography
Brief description	'Tower Bridge provides a monument of high drama …' Offset lithograph poster with letterpress, designed by John Frederick William Charles Farleigh. Issued by the London Transport Board, 1964.
Physical description	'Tower Bridge provides a monument of high drama …' Offset lithograph poster with letterpress. Signed 'John Farleigh'.
Dimensions	Height: 101.6cm Width: 63.5cm Taken from: 'Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964' published by HMSO 1965
Marks and inscriptions	John Farleigh (Signed.)
Credit line	Given by the London Transport Board
Subjects depicted	Tourism Transport
Places depicted	London Tower Bridge
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964 published by HMSO 1965 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	12/D7 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.330-1964

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O697409/tower-bridge-provides-a-monument-poster-farleigh-john-frederick/

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