Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood

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Artist/Maker	London Passenger Transport Board (issued by) John Farleigh (artist)
Place of origin	London (issued)

'Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed John Farleigh.

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Categories	Prints Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithography Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood'. Colour lithograph poster featuring a quote from 'Hertha' by the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne. Designed by John Frederick William Charles Farleigh. Issued by the London Passenger Transport Board. England. 1937.
Physical description	'Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed John Farleigh.
Dimensions	Height: 101.6cm Width: 63.5cm Taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO 1964
Marks and inscriptions	John Farleigh (Signed.)
Historical context	Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood, shot out from my spirit as rays.The quote 'Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood' is taken from the poem 'Hertha' by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909). The full line reads as: 'Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood, shot out from my spirit as rays.'
Subjects depicted	Poetry Quotations (Texts)
Association	Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Associated object	E.1137-1937 (Series)
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964 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/C5 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.139-1961

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O702636/strong-blossoms-with-perfume-of-poster-john-farleigh/

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