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Poster

1895 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Burch (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'He Rides A Hampden And Has No Fear'. Poster advertising a brand of bicycle made by Barber & Co., Glasgow. Showing a cartoon-like character riding a bicycle, with a large number of police constables chasing him, truncheons in their hands. Hand written text at top and bottom. Lithograph. Signed and dated '95'.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Shopping
Transport
Children & Childhood
Posters
Scotland
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Printing Ink
Lithography
Brief description
'He Rides A Hampden And Has No Fear'. Poster advertising a brand of bicycle, showing a cartoon-like character riding a bicycle, with a large number of police constables chasing him. Designed by Burch for Barber & Co., Hampden Cycle Works, Mitchell St. Glasgow. Great Britain. 1895.
Physical description
'He Rides A Hampden And Has No Fear'. Poster advertising a brand of bicycle made by Barber & Co., Glasgow. Showing a cartoon-like character riding a bicycle, with a large number of police constables chasing him, truncheons in their hands. Hand written text at top and bottom. Lithograph. Signed and dated '95'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 88.9cm
  • Width: 53.5cm
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.
Marks and inscriptions
(Signed and dated '95'.)
Credit line
Given by the Misses G.L.T. and L.J.D. Griffith
Subjects depicted
Bicycle
Cyclist
Policemen
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 and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1942, London: HMSO, 1955.
Other number
7/F5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.122-1942

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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