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Orient Line Cruises

Poster
ca.1928 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster advertising the Orient Steam Navigation Company. A bold, colourful design of depicting a town of white buildings with a blue sky above. 'ORIENT LINE CRUISERS 20000 TON STEAMERS' lettered in black below the image.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleOrient Line Cruises
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Orient Line Cruises' 20000 Ton Steamers'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the Orient Steam Navigation Company. Designed by Frank Newbould, Great Britain, ca.1928.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising the Orient Steam Navigation Company. A bold, colourful design of depicting a town of white buildings with a blue sky above. 'ORIENT LINE CRUISERS 20000 TON STEAMERS' lettered in black below the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100.5cm
  • 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
  • 'Frank Newbould' (Signed.)
  • 'ORIENT LINE CRUISERS / 20000 TON STEAMERS' (Lettered in black below the image.)
Credit line
Presented by Messrs. Anderson, Green & Co., Ltd.
Subjects depicted
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
28/E5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.600-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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