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Out and about; the streams

Poster
1950 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster, signed and dated in the bottom left and stamped with the London Underground logo in the bottom right. A duck pond with a bridge in the distance is pictured, with the bottom half of the poster showing under the water teeming with life, with fish of multiple sizes, frogs and an eel. Above the water are various birds including ducklings, a kingfisher, and a family of coots or moorhens. The vegetation is dense and luscious above and below the water.

Object details

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Object type
TitleOut and about; the streams (popular title)
Brief description
London Transport poster proof with an underwater scene, ducks, and a bridge by Peter Roberson, 1950, UK
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster, signed and dated in the bottom left and stamped with the London Underground logo in the bottom right. A duck pond with a bridge in the distance is pictured, with the bottom half of the poster showing under the water teeming with life, with fish of multiple sizes, frogs and an eel. Above the water are various birds including ducklings, a kingfisher, and a family of coots or moorhens. The vegetation is dense and luscious above and below the water.
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Collection
Accession number
E.1095-2004

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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