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Madame Tussaud's - Relics Of The French Revolution

Poster
ca.1914 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Hassall, John (RI, RWA) (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Madame Tussaud’s – Relics Of The French Revolution'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the London waxworks museum. Signed.


Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleMadame Tussaud's - Relics Of The French Revolution
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Printing Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Madame Tussaud’s – Relics Of The French Revolution'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the London waxworks museum. Designed by John Hassall. Great Britain. ca.1914.
Physical description
'Madame Tussaud’s – Relics Of The French Revolution'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the London waxworks museum. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 50.5cm
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 Co. of London, Ltd.
Subject depicted
French Revolution
Place depicted
Madame Tussauds
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
17/F6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.586-1915

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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