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London's Underground present their compliments to London and beg to state that their travel facilities lead to all the holiday attractions

Poster
1932 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Knight, Laura (Dame) (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

'London's Underground present their compliments to London and beg to state that their travel facilities lead to all the holiday attractions'. Colour lithograph poster.


Object details

Categories
Posters
Advertising
Transport
Prints
Object type
Poster
TitleLondon's Underground present their compliments to London and beg to state that their travel facilities lead to all the holiday attractions (published title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'London's Underground present their compliments to London ... '. Colour lithograph poster designed by Dame Laura Knight and issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1932.
Physical description
'London's Underground present their compliments to London and beg to state that their travel facilities lead to all the holiday attractions'. Colour lithograph poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.2cm
  • 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
Signed.
Credit line
Given by the Underground Electric Railways Co.
Subjects depicted
Travel
Transport
Holiday
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 & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1933, London: Printed under the Authority of the Board of Education 1934
Other number
24/D4 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.160-1933

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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