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Poster Stamp

ca. 1915 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster stamp reproduced from a poster for the Evening News Red Cross Fund. It depicts the scene inside a crowded military hospital, with a row of wounded soldiers in the background and two nuns in the foreground unrolling bandages.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
colour lithograph
Brief description
1 of 6 poster stamps of the Children's Red Cross Fund, Frank Brangwyn, Great Britain, ca. 1915
Physical description
Poster stamp reproduced from a poster for the Evening News Red Cross Fund. It depicts the scene inside a crowded military hospital, with a row of wounded soldiers in the background and two nuns in the foreground unrolling bandages.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.25in
  • Width: 2.0625in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1916-1918, London: HMSO, 1920
Marks and inscriptions
FRANK BRANGWYN A.R.A. del. / Printed by The AVENUE PRESS, Ltd.
Credit line
Given by R. G. Praill
Production
reproduction of a poster
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1916-1918, London: HMSO, 1920
Collection
Accession number
E.1048-1916

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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