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Bath

Poster
ca.1922 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster advertising the city of Bath, the design depicting a man wearing a red frock coat bowing to a woman wearing a dark dress. It is evening time and there is a crescent moon in the top-right corner of the image. Lettered in white beneath the image: 'Bath. In The Eighteenth Century And Today. The Premier Health And Pleasure Resort'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBath
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Bath. In The Eighteenth Century And Today. The Premier Health And Pleasure Resort'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the city of Bath, the design depicting a man wearing a red frock coat bowing to a woman wearing a dark dress. Designed by Charles Paine, Great Britain, ca.1922.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising the city of Bath, the design depicting a man wearing a red frock coat bowing to a woman wearing a dark dress. It is evening time and there is a crescent moon in the top-right corner of the image. Lettered in white beneath the image: 'Bath. In The Eighteenth Century And Today. The Premier Health And Pleasure Resort'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101cm
  • Width: 63cm
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
  • 'Charles Paine' (Signed.)
  • 'Bath / In The Eighteenth Century And Today. The Premier Health And Pleasure Resort' (Lettered in white beneath the image.)
Credit line
Presented by Messrs Saunders, Phillips & Co., Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
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
29/E3 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.1465-1922

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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