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The Awakening of Spring in London's Country

Poster
1926 (designed), 1926 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Moore, A.A. (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

'The Awakening of Spring in London's Country'. Colour lithograph poster with a central illustration showing a small tree with spring flowers beneath it and a view out over a countryside landscape of gently rolling hills.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Awakening of Spring in London's Country
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'The Awakening of Spring in London's Country'. Colour lithograph poster designed by A. A. Moore and issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1926.
Physical description
'The Awakening of Spring in London's Country'. Colour lithograph poster with a central illustration showing a small tree with spring flowers beneath it and a view out over a countryside landscape of gently rolling hills.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.2cm
  • Width: 62.4cm
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
  • 'A. A. Moore' (Signed.)
  • 'The AWAKENING of SPRING' (Lettered above the image as part of the design.)
  • 'IN LONDON'S COUNTRY' (Lettered below the image as part of the design.)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Spring
Tree
Flowers
Hills
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 and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1926, London: Board of Education, 1927.
Other number
27/C9 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.584-1926

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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