Take Them To The Zoo

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Artist/Maker	Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by) Dowd, James Henry (artist)
Place of origin	London (issued)

'Take Them To The Zoo'. Original design for a poster (see E.1018-1925) in water-colour and body colour. Signed.

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Categories	Designs Advertising Transport Posters Entertainment & Leisure
Object type	poster
Title	Take Them To The Zoo (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Drawing in water-colour and body colour Water-Colour Body Colour Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description	Original design, in water-colour and body colour by James Henry Dowd, for a poster entitled 'Take Them To The Zoo', that was issued by Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. Great Britain, 1924.
Physical description	'Take Them To The Zoo'. Original design for a poster (see E.1018-1925) in water-colour and body colour. Signed.
Dimensions	Height: 53.3cm Width: 47.8cm Dimensions 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	(Signed.)
Subject depicted	Zoo
Place depicted	London Zoo
Associated object	E.1018-1925
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 Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1926
Other numbers	11/A12 - V&A microfiche C.10087 - Object no.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.830-1926

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1034056/take-them-to-the-zoo-poster-dowd-james-henry/

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