Cheaper Empire Telegrams

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Artist/Maker	Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Preliminary design for a poster for the General Post Office, a graphic design with colourful panels in red, blue and yellow, with an example of a telegram and various text sizes and styles in various colours. Stamped on the reverse 'Design By E. McKnight Kauffer 21 Feb. 1938'.

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Categories	Designs Advertising Posters
Object type	Poster Design
Title	Cheaper Empire Telegrams (trade title)
Materials and techniques	Body colour and pencil drawing Body Colour Pencil Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description	'Cheaper Empire Telegrams'. Preliminary design by Edward McKnight Kauffer for a poster that was issued by the General Post Office, Great Britain, 1938.
Physical description	Preliminary design for a poster for the General Post Office, a graphic design with colourful panels in red, blue and yellow, with an example of a telegram and various text sizes and styles in various colours. Stamped on the reverse 'Design By E. McKnight Kauffer 21 Feb. 1938'.
Dimensions	Height: 22.8cm Width: 15.2cm 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
Production type	Design
Marks and inscriptions	'Design By E. McKnight Kauffer 21 Feb. 1938' (Stamped on the reverse)
Production	The final poster was issued by the General Post Office in 1938.
Subjects depicted	Communication British Empire Text Telegram
Associated objects	E.3277-1980 (Version) CIRC.308-1971 (Version)
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	23/B2 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3276-1980

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1025150/cheaper-empire-telegrams-poster-design-kauffer-edward-mcknight/

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