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The Flea at the National History Museum

Poster Design
1926 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Original design for the poster 'The Flea at the National History Museum, South Kensington by Underground' (see E.1623-1926).


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Flea at the National History Museum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tempera
Brief description
Poster design by Edward McKnight Kauffer, for 'The Flea at the National History Museum, South Kensington by Underground', issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1926.
Physical description
Original design for the poster 'The Flea at the National History Museum, South Kensington by Underground' (see E.1623-1926).
Dimensions
  • Height: 96.8cm
  • Width: 62.2cm
From departmental notes.
Marks and inscriptions
'E. McKnight Kauffer 1926' (Signed and dated.)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Associated object
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
21/G4 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.2405-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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