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The Tate Gallery

Poster
1928 (made)
Artist/Maker
Whistler, Rex (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Colour poster advertising how to visit the Tate Gallery by public transport, including opening times and prices for the gallery. The poster depicts two women having tea outside, seemingly oblivious to the commotion around them, which includes a hunting party in a carriage, a cherub on a bicycle, a snake, and a drummer.

Object details

Categories
Posters
Transport
Advertising
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Tate Gallery (generic title)
Materials and techniques
colour lithograph
Paper
Colour Lithograph
Brief description
'The Tate Gallery', poster advertising the London Underground Railways, colour lithograph, Rex Whistler, Great Britain, 1928
Physical description
Colour poster advertising how to visit the Tate Gallery by public transport, including opening times and prices for the gallery. The poster depicts two women having tea outside, seemingly oblivious to the commotion around them, which includes a hunting party in a carriage, a cherub on a bicycle, a snake, and a drummer.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40.25in
  • Width: 25in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Marks and inscriptions
  • REX WHISTLER PINXT ANNO DOMINI MCMXXVIII (lettered on the pediment of the folly)
  • THE TATE GALLERY / Weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. / Sundays 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Admission free (Tuesdays and Wednesdays 6d) / TRAFALGAR SQ OR WESTMINSTER STN / thence by bus 32, 51, 80, 88, 89, 180 or 181
Credit line
Given by the London Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Women
Gig
Hunting
Horses
Tea
Snakes
Cherubs
Bicycles
Follies
Drummers
Associations
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd
Tate
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2264-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1009268/the-tate-gallery-poster-whistler-rex/
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