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Hadley Wood by Tram

Poster Design
1924 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Original design for a poster encouraging use of London trams. Signed and dated in pencil.


Object details

Categories
Posters
Transport
Drawings
Designs
Advertising
Object type
Poster Design
TitleHadley Wood by Tram (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
'Hadley Wood by Tram'. Original design by Edward McKnight Kauffer for a poster that was issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1924.
Physical description
Original design for a poster encouraging use of London trams. Signed and dated in pencil.
Dimensions
  • From departmental notes height: 50.2cm
  • From departmental notes width: 45.4cm
  • Sight size (see notes field) height: 70.6cm
  • Sight size (see notes field) width: 45.8cm
Second set of 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
'E McKnight Kauffer '24' (Signed and dated in pencil.)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subject depicted
Transport
Place depicted
Hadley Wood
Associated object
E.670-1924 (Version)
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 & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926.
Other number
21/E3 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.669-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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