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Great Western To Devon's Moors

Poster
1932 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster advertising the Great Western Railway. The design shows a moorland landscape with sandy train tracks that cross, one track continuing into the distance. The text at the bottom of the design and there is a black and white graphic bar down the left-hand side.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGreat Western To Devon's Moors (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Great Western To Devon's Moors'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by the Great Western Railway, Great Britain, 1932.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising the Great Western Railway. The design shows a moorland landscape with sandy train tracks that cross, one track continuing into the distance. The text at the bottom of the design and there is a black and white graphic bar down the left-hand side.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1014mm
  • Width: 630mm
From departmental notes.
Credit line
Given by the Underground Electic Railways Co.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1933, London: Printed under the Authority of the Board of Education 1934
Other number
22/B2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.544-1933

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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