Swift Cycles
Poster
c.1898 (issued)
c.1898 (issued)
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'Swift Cycles'. Poster advertising a make of bicycle, showing three illustrated figures riding bikes: one woman in the foreground in contemporaneous olive green skirt and jacket with huge puffed sleeves, her petticoat slightly showing, red gloves, and black wide brimmed hat with huge green bow, with a large brown bow in her hair at the back; behind her is a man in light brown tweed suit, handlebar moustache and monocle; in the background is another man of similar appearance but in a green suit. A roundel with three Prince of Wales feathers is top left . Colour lithograph on a pea-green background. Signed.
Object details
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Title | Swift Cycles |
Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
Brief description | Colour lithograph poster advertising 'Swift Cycles' by Tom (Thomas Arthur) Browne. Great Britain. c.1898. |
Physical description | 'Swift Cycles'. Poster advertising a make of bicycle, showing three illustrated figures riding bikes: one woman in the foreground in contemporaneous olive green skirt and jacket with huge puffed sleeves, her petticoat slightly showing, red gloves, and black wide brimmed hat with huge green bow, with a large brown bow in her hair at the back; behind her is a man in light brown tweed suit, handlebar moustache and monocle; in the background is another man of similar appearance but in a green suit. A roundel with three Prince of Wales feathers is top left . Colour lithograph on a pea-green background. Signed. |
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Marks and inscriptions | Signed. |
Credit line | Given by Noel D. Sheffield |
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Other number | 7/D1 - V&A microfiche |
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Accession number | E.533-1939 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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