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Whitsuntide Holiday. Off To The Country By Bus Coach Train Tram

Poster
1933 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster advertising transport options available on Whitsun. A colourful graphic in the centre shows a man in a brown suit with a hat and a pipe, a woman wearing a pink dress and a young girl wearing a blue dress. All of the figures are drawn at an angle and face away from the viewer, as if flying through the air. There is block text across the top of the poster, with text in pink and pale-blue across the bottom. The London underground logo is in the bottom-right corner. Signed 'E McKnight Kauffer'.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWhitsuntide Holiday. Off To The Country By Bus Coach Train Tram (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Whitsuntide Holiday. Off To the Country By Bus Coach Train Tram'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by London Passenger Transport Board, Great Britain, 1933.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising transport options available on Whitsun. A colourful graphic in the centre shows a man in a brown suit with a hat and a pipe, a woman wearing a pink dress and a young girl wearing a blue dress. All of the figures are drawn at an angle and face away from the viewer, as if flying through the air. There is block text across the top of the poster, with text in pink and pale-blue across the bottom. The London underground logo is in the bottom-right corner. Signed 'E McKnight Kauffer'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 102cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
Measurements taken from: 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
Marks and inscriptions
'E McKnight Kauffer' (Signed.)
Subjects depicted
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
22/C7 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.522-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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