The Titfield Thunderbolt
Poster
c. 1953 (printed)
c. 1953 (printed)
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This poster advertises the film produced in Britain by Ealing Studios in 1953. During the 1940s Ealing Studios commissioned artists such as Edward Bawden, Edward Ardizzone and John Piper to design posters. Their illustrative, often humorous, style was quintessentially British and far removed from that of contemporary American film posters, which relied heavily on photographs of the stars as their major selling-point. Bawden ingeniously avoids a hierarchical billing of names by incorporating them equally into the steam of the engine.
Object details
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| Title | The Titfield Thunderbolt (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | 'The Titfield Thunderbolt'; Poster advertising the film produced by Ealing Studios; Colour lithograph; Signed; Designed by Edward Bawden; Great Britain; c.1953. |
| Physical description | 'The Titfield Thunderbolt'; Poster advertising the film produced by Ealing Studios; Colour lithograph; Signed. |
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| Summary | This poster advertises the film produced in Britain by Ealing Studios in 1953. During the 1940s Ealing Studios commissioned artists such as Edward Bawden, Edward Ardizzone and John Piper to design posters. Their illustrative, often humorous, style was quintessentially British and far removed from that of contemporary American film posters, which relied heavily on photographs of the stars as their major selling-point. Bawden ingeniously avoids a hierarchical billing of names by incorporating them equally into the steam of the engine. |
| Associated object | E.278-1982 (Design) |
| 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 |
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| Accession number | E.181-1980 |
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| Record created | March 7, 2003 |
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