Tring/Downe/Westerham
Poster
1936 (printed and published)
1936 (printed and published)
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| Place of origin |
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.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Tring/Downe/Westerham (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph and 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. |
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| 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 | |
| Accession number | E.995-2004 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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