The Lap of Luxury

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Artist/Maker	Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by) Herrick, Frederick Charles (designer)
Place of origin	London (issued)

'The Lap of Luxury: First Lap 5 am Last Lap 1 am'. Colour lithograph poster depicting a well-dressed gentleman in a black suit and bowler hat, reading a newspaper. He is seated on an armchair shaped like a cloud being borne along railway tunnels by winged cherubic figures with fiery red hair. Signed.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters Men's Clothes
Object type	Poster
Title	The Lap of Luxury
Materials and techniques	Colour lithography Printing Ink Colour Lithography
Brief description	'The Lap of Luxury: First Lap 5 am Last Lap 1 am'. Colour lithograph poster. Designed by Frederick Charles Herrick. Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1925.
Physical description	'The Lap of Luxury: First Lap 5 am Last Lap 1 am'. Colour lithograph poster depicting a well-dressed gentleman in a black suit and bowler hat, reading a newspaper. He is seated on an armchair shaped like a cloud being borne along railway tunnels by winged cherubic figures with fiery red hair. Signed.
Dimensions	Height: 101cm Width: 63.1cm Dimensions 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	Signed.
Subject depicted	Transport
Associated object	E.510-1925 (Series)
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
Other number	19/A2 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.511-1925

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O764578/the-lap-of-luxury-poster-herrick-frederick-charles/

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