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The Riches Of London By London's Underground [Hearing]

Poster Design
ca.1927 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Herrick, Frederick Charles (designer)
Place of origin
England (issued)

'The Riches Of London By London’s Underground' [Hearing]. Poster design in body-colour, for one of a series illustrating the Senses. Signed.


Object details

Categories
Advertising
Transport
Designs
Posters
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Poster design
TitleThe Riches Of London By London's Underground [Hearing] (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Body-colour drawing
Body Colour
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
'The Riches Of London By London’s Underground' [Hearing], poster design in body-colour, for one of a series illustrating the Senses, by Frederick Charles Herrick for Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., ca.1927

Physical description
'The Riches Of London By London’s Underground' [Hearing]. Poster design in body-colour, for one of a series illustrating the Senses. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 99.9cm
  • Width: 63.4cm
Dimensions 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. of London, Ltd
Production
This is the design for E.1646-1927.
Associated object
E.1646-1927
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 & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Other number
19/B1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2408-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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