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London History at the London Museum

Poster
1922 (designed), 1922 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Greater London (issued)

'London History at the London Museum'. Colour lithograph poster showing a graphic image of a burning building with huge flames and streams of smoke.

Object details

Categories
Transport
Advertising
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleLondon History at the London Museum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'London History at The London Museum'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1922.
Physical description
'London History at the London Museum'. Colour lithograph poster showing a graphic image of a burning building with huge flames and streams of smoke.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.6cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
From departmental notes.
Marks and inscriptions
'E McK. Kauffer. 22' (Signed and dated.)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subject depicted
Great Fire of London
Place depicted
London Museum
Associated objects
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
  • The Poster King. E. McKnight Kauffer London: Estorick Collection of modern italian art, 2011.
  • 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
21/C12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1023178/london-history-at-the-london-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
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