Too much of a good thing. Every variety of pleasure resort

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Artist/Maker	Lloyd, John Henry (designer)
Place of origin	United Kingdom (printed)

This poster was issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London Ltd. From the beginning, London Underground encouraged travel by stressing the sheer variety of places accessible through its network. Each of the posters shown within this composite poster also existed independently.

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Categories	Prints Transport Entertainment & Leisure Fashion Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Too much of a good thing. Every variety of pleasure resort (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph on paper Printing Ink Printing
Brief description	Chromolithograph by John Henry Lloyd entitled "Too much of a good thing"- London Underground poster. Great Britain, 1911.
Physical description	Poster
Dimensions	Height: 1012mm Width: 636mm
Credit line	Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited (UERL)
Subjects depicted	Advertisements Dog (Animal) Underground Railway Stations
Summary	This poster was issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London Ltd. From the beginning, London Underground encouraged travel by stressing the sheer variety of places accessible through its network. Each of the posters shown within this composite poster also existed independently.
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1911, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1912
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.4408-1911

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Record created	February 26, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O75484/too-much-of-a-good-poster-lloyd-john-henry/

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