Allenburys' Foods for Infants

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Artist/Maker	Peto, Gladys Emma (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster advertising Allenburys' Foods for Infants, '"The Milky Way" to Health'.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Eating Children & Childhood Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Allenburys' Foods for Infants
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Colour Lithography
Brief description	Colour lithograph poster advertising Allenburys' Foods for Infants, '"The Milky Way" to Health'. Designed by Gladys Emma Peto, Great Britain, ca.1920.
Physical description	Colour lithograph poster advertising Allenburys' Foods for Infants, '"The Milky Way" to Health'.
Dimensions	Height: 76.4cm Width: 49.7cm Measurements 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	'Gladys Peto' (Signed.) 'ALLENBURY'S / FOODS FOR INFANTS' (Text of design, in top-left corner.) '"THE MILKY WAY" TO HEALTH' (Text of design, in bottom-right corner.)
Credit line	Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted	Childhood Children
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	30/D12 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.520-1921

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O705544/allenburys-foods-for-infants-poster-peto-gladys-emma/

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