Arrest The Flying Moment

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

'Arrest The Flying Moment. London Underground With Its Improvements Lends You Wings'. Colour lithograph poster depicting a well-dressed gentleman in a black suit, with wings emanating from his back bearing inscriptions about improvements to the Tube (eg. change giving devices and automatic barriers). With his umbrella he hooks onto a small flying cherub with winged ankles, disappearing into a tunnel. Signed.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Arrest The Flying Moment
Materials and techniques	Colour lithography Printing Ink Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Arrest The Flying Moment. London Underground With Its Improvements Lends You Wings'. Colour lithograph poster. Designed by Frederick Charles Herrick. Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1925.
Physical description	'Arrest The Flying Moment. London Underground With Its Improvements Lends You Wings'. Colour lithograph poster depicting a well-dressed gentleman in a black suit, with wings emanating from his back bearing inscriptions about improvements to the Tube (eg. change giving devices and automatic barriers). With his umbrella he hooks onto a small flying cherub with winged ankles, disappearing into a tunnel. Signed.
Dimensions	Height: 101.6cm Width: 62.6cm 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.
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/A1 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.510-1925

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O764579/arrest-the-flying-moment-poster-herrick-frederick-charles/

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