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Poster - The Ornithologist finds more in London than the sweep of starlings into Trafalgar Square…

The Ornithologist finds more in London than the sweep of starlings into Trafalgar Square…

  • Object:

    Poster

  • Place of origin:

    London, England (issued)

  • Date:

    1963 (issued)
    1962 (designed)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Madon, Nari Coswasji, born 1930 (designer)
    London Transport Board (issued by)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Colour lithograph

  • Credit Line:

    Given by the London Transport Board

  • Museum number:

    E.1100-1963

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case Y, shelf 70, box 33

  • Image unavailable

Physical description

Colour lithograph poster depicting a variety of colourful birds and flowers, with text running below the image: The Ornithologist finds more in London than the sweep of starlings into Trafalgar Square …

Place of Origin

London, England (issued)

Date

1963 (issued)
1962 (designed)

Artist/maker

Madon, Nari Coswasji, born 1930 (designer)
London Transport Board (issued by)

Materials and Techniques

Colour lithograph

Marks and inscriptions

'Nari Madon '62.'

Dimensions

Height: 101.6 cm size of sheet, Width: 63.5 cm size of sheet

Descriptive line

'The Ornithologist finds more in London than the sweep of starlings into Trafalgar Square …' Colour lithograph poster advertising visits to London's parks. Designed by Nari Madon and issued by the London Transport Board in 1963.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
The full text of the entry is as follows:
"MADON, Nari
The Ornithologist finds more in London than the sweep of starlings into Trafalgar Square… Poster advertising visits to London's parks, issued by the London Transport Board, 1963.
Signed and dated Nari Madon '62.
Colour lithograph. Size of sheet 101.6 x 63.5 cm. E.1100-1963
Given by the London Transport Board "
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
The full text of the entry is as follows:

'MADON, Nari
The Ornithologist finds more in London than the sweep of starlings into Trafalgar Square … Poster advertising visits to London's parks, issued by the London Transport Board. 1963 S/D '62 CL 101.6 x 64.8 cm
E.1100-1963 fiche 26/A2'

Techniques

Colour lithography

Subjects depicted

Flowers; Birds; Nature; Sunflower; Swallow; Robin

Categories

Prints; Advertising; Transport; Posters

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O698413
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