The Musician travels Underground

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Artist/Maker	Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by) Pears, Charles (artist)
Place of origin	London (issued)

Colour lithograph poster promoting use of the London Underground system, with an illustration showing a figure carrying an instrument case through a city.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	The Musician travels Underground
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Colour Lithography
Brief description	'The Musician travels Underground'. Colour lithograph poster showing a figure carrying an instrument case. Designed by Charles Pears and issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., ca.1930.
Physical description	Colour lithograph poster promoting use of the London Underground system, with an illustration showing a figure carrying an instrument case through a city.
Dimensions	Height: 101.3cm Width: 63.5cm 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	'Chas. Pears.' (Signed) 'Drawn on five stones by Chas. Pears, R.O.I.' (Lettered) 'The Musician / travels UNDERGROUND' (Lettered below the image.)
Credit line	Given by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted	Transport Musical Instrument Musician
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	30/A8 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2854-1930

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O750248/the-musician-travels-underground-poster-pears-charles/

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