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The Indian Museum

Poster
1925 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Greater London (issued)

'The Indian Museum. Book to South Kensington.' Colour lithograph poster promoting the Indian Museum, London. Signed 'E. McKnight Kauffer'.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Indian Museum (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'The Indian Museum'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1925.
Physical description
'The Indian Museum. Book to South Kensington.' Colour lithograph poster promoting the Indian Museum, London. Signed 'E. McKnight Kauffer'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 102.24cm
  • Width: 63.82cm
From departmental notes.
Marks and inscriptions
'E. McKnight Kauffer' (Signed.)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Associated object
E.3275-1980 (Design)
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.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.60-1926

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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