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The Cactus House Kew Gardens

Poster
1922 (designed), 1924(?) (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Newbould, Frank (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Colour lithograph poster advertising the Cactus House at Kew Gardens, London. A bold colour illustration showing two different types of cacti against a white ground, with a green linear border around the image and text lettered in orange below 'THE CACTUS HOUSE KEW GARDENS'.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Gardens & Gardening
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Cactus House Kew Gardens
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'The Cactus House, Kew Gardens'. Colour lithograph poster with a bold, colour illustration showing two types of cacti, advertising the Cactus House at Kew Gardens, London. Designed by Frank Newbould and issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1924.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising the Cactus House at Kew Gardens, London. A bold colour illustration showing two different types of cacti against a white ground, with a green linear border around the image and text lettered in orange below 'THE CACTUS HOUSE KEW GARDENS'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100.6cm
  • Width: 62.6cm
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
  • 'Frank Newbould' (Signed.)
  • 'THE CACTUS HOUSE / KEW GARDENS' (Lettered in orange below the image.)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subject depicted
Cacti
Place depicted
Kew Gardens
Associated object
E.3605-1922 (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
28/D1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.405-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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