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London Characters

Poster
c.1920 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'London Characters: The Zoo Keeper. Book to Regent's Park or Camden Town for the Zoo'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • London Characters (series title)
  • The Zoo Keeper
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph print
Brief description
'London Characters: The Zoo Keeper. Book to Regent's Park or Camden Town for the Zoo'. Colour lithograph poster. Design by Elijah Albert Cox. Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. Great Britain. c.1920.
Physical description
'London Characters: The Zoo Keeper. Book to Regent's Park or Camden Town for the Zoo'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 50cm
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.)
Object history
This poster is one of a series on the theme of 'London Characters', commissioned by the Underground Electric Railway Company in 1920.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
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
10/A2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.522-1921

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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