Summertime Pleasures by Underground
Poster
1925 (designed), 1925 (issued)
1925 (designed), 1925 (issued)
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Colour lithograph poster promoting use of the London Underground system, depicting a Jack-in-the-Green.
The design shows a male figure dressed in a dark-blue Morris Dancer-like costume, holding a banner with the text 'Summertime' surrounded by summer flowers. The sun is blazing in the background, there is a tree on the left and a building with a large bell in the distance. Signed 'E. McKnight Kauffer'.
The design shows a male figure dressed in a dark-blue Morris Dancer-like costume, holding a banner with the text 'Summertime' surrounded by summer flowers. The sun is blazing in the background, there is a tree on the left and a building with a large bell in the distance. Signed 'E. McKnight Kauffer'.
Object details
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| Title | Summertime Pleasures by Underground (trade title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | 'Summertime Pleasures By Underground'. Colour lithograph poster depicting a Jack-in-the-Green. Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1925. |
| Physical description | Colour lithograph poster promoting use of the London Underground system, depicting a Jack-in-the-Green. The design shows a male figure dressed in a dark-blue Morris Dancer-like costume, holding a banner with the text 'Summertime' surrounded by summer flowers. The sun is blazing in the background, there is a tree on the left and a building with a large bell in the distance. Signed 'E. McKnight Kauffer'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'E. McKnight Kauffer' (Signed.) |
| Credit line | Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. |
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| 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 | 21/F4 - V&A microfiche |
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| Accession number | E.1020-1925 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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