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London Types

Poster
ca.1898 (made)
Artist/Maker
Nicholson, William Newzam Prior (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'London Types - Designs by William Nicholson, Verses by W.E. Henley'. Colour lithograph poster advertising London Types. The design shows a carriage driver wearing a bowler hat, holding the reins in both hands and leaning back in his seat, with a white rug over his lower half. The promotional text is lettered below the image.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleLondon Types
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Colour lithograph poster advertising 'London Types' (Designs by William Nicholson, Verses by W.E. Henley), the design showing a carriage driver with a rug over his knees. Designed by Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson, Great Britain, ca.1898.
Physical description
'London Types - Designs by William Nicholson, Verses by W.E. Henley'. Colour lithograph poster advertising London Types. The design shows a carriage driver wearing a bowler hat, holding the reins in both hands and leaning back in his seat, with a white rug over his lower half. The promotional text is lettered below the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 78.2cm
  • Width: 56.6cm
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
Credit line
Given by William Heinemann, Esq.
© Desmond Banks
Object history
London Types was first published by William Heinemann, London, 1898.
Subjects depicted
Carriage Driver
Reins
Bowlers
Rug
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1915, London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916.
Other number
28/G5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3682-1915

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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