Tring/Downe/Westerham

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Artist/Maker	London Passenger Transport Board (issued by) The Curwen Press (printers) Bawden, Edward (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (printed and published)

Edward Bawden designed this poster for London Transport to promote coach trips from London to three sites in the home counties: Tring Park in Hertfordshire (home of Lord Rothschild, and housing a zoological museum), Downe House (the former home of Charles Darwin) in Kent, and Quebec House (the early home of General Wolfe), in Westerham, also in Kent. Each house is pictured in a simplified vignette, presented like a picture against a wallpaper-like pattern of corn-stooks printed in reddish-brown on black.

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Categories	Posters Transport
Object type	Poster
Title	Tring/Downe/Westerham (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph and letterpress Ink Paper Lithography Letterpress
Brief description	'Tring/Downe/Westerham'. Poster designed by Edward Bawden; issued by the London Passenger Transport Board. Great Britain, 1936.
Physical description	Poster advertising travel to Hertfordshire and Kent. Signed.
Dimensions	Height: 101.6cm Width: 63.3cm
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
Summary	Edward Bawden designed this poster for London Transport to promote coach trips from London to three sites in the home counties: Tring Park in Hertfordshire (home of Lord Rothschild, and housing a zoological museum), Downe House (the former home of Charles Darwin) in Kent, and Quebec House (the early home of General Wolfe), in Westerham, also in Kent. Each house is pictured in a simplified vignette, presented like a picture against a wallpaper-like pattern of corn-stooks printed in reddish-brown on black.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.995-2004

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1024079/tringdownewesterham-poster-bawden-edward/

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