Hercules. Overcome The Difficulty Of The Journey. Travel By Underground.

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Artist/Maker	Herrick, Frederick Charles (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Original design, in Indian ink and Chinese white, for the poster 'Hercules. Overcome The Difficulty Of The Journey. Travel By Underground' (see E.530-1921). Signed.

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Categories	Designs Advertising Transport Myths & Legends Posters
Object type	Poster Design
Title	Hercules. Overcome The Difficulty Of The Journey. Travel By Underground.
Materials and techniques	Drawing with Indian ink and Chinese white Indian Ink Kaolinite (Pigment) Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description	Original design, in Indian ink and Chinese white, for the poster 'Hercules. Overcome The Difficulty Of The Journey. Travel By Underground'. By Frederick Charles Herrick. Great Britain. ca.1920-21.
Physical description	Original design, in Indian ink and Chinese white, for the poster 'Hercules. Overcome The Difficulty Of The Journey. Travel By Underground' (see E.530-1921). Signed.
Dimensions	Height: 61.5cm Width: 52.1cm 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	Signed.
Credit line	Given by The Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL)
Subjects depicted	Transport Hercules
Associated objects	E.528-1921 E.641-1921 E.529-1921 E.642-1921 E.530-1921 E.531-1921 E.640-1921
Bibliographic reference	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	18/F3 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.643-1921

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O705424/hercules-overcome-the-difficulty-of-poster-design-herrick-frederick-charles/

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