The South Downs

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Artist/Maker	Southern Railway (issuer) Mills, Arthur George (artist)
Place of origin	England (issued)

Colour lithograph poster advertising the Southern Railway. The design shows a man leading a heavy horse in harness pulling a haywain. 'THE SOUTH DOWNS' is lettered above the image and 'SOUTHERN RAILWAY' lettered below.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	The South Downs
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Colour Lithography
Brief description	'The South Downs'. Colour lithograph poster showing a man leading a heavy horse, in harness pulling a haywain. Designed by Arthur George Mills and issued by the Southern Railway, England, 1933.
Physical description	Colour lithograph poster advertising the Southern Railway. The design shows a man leading a heavy horse in harness pulling a haywain. 'THE SOUTH DOWNS' is lettered above the image and 'SOUTHERN RAILWAY' lettered below.
Dimensions	Height: 100.2cm Width: 63.2cm 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	'THE SOUTH DOWNS' (Lettered above the image.) 'SOUTHERN RAILWAY' (Lettered below the image.)
Credit line	Given by the Southern Railway Company
Subjects depicted	Agriculture Tourism Horse Haywain Man Harness
Place depicted	The Downs
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	27/B2 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1213-1935

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O737352/the-south-downs-poster-mills-arthur-george/

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