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Artist/Maker	Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by) Ellis, Clifford (artist) Ellis, Rosemary (artist)
Place of origin	London (issued)

'Down'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Green Line Omnibus Services, depicting a bird flying high above a landscape. Two young walkers are asking directions from an older man with a dog. Signed and dated Clifford & Rosemary Ellis 1932'.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Down (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	colour lithography Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Down'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Green Line Omnibus Services. Designed by Clifford Ellis and Rosemary Ellis. Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. England. 1933.
Physical description	'Down'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Green Line Omnibus Services, depicting a bird flying high above a landscape. Two young walkers are asking directions from an older man with a dog. Signed and dated Clifford & Rosemary Ellis 1932'.
Dimensions	Height: 100.8cm Width: 63.4cm Dimensions taken from: 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
Marks and inscriptions	Clifford & Rosemary Ellis 1932 (Signed and dated.)
Subjects depicted	Birds Walking Leisure
Associated objects	E.1495-1933 (Series) E.1496-1933 (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/A1 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.137-1961

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O702638/down-poster-ellis-clifford/

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