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Near Waltham Cross by Tram

Poster Design
05/05/1924 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Original design for a poster promoting use of trams. A simple landscape scene, painted in bold swathes of greens and blues, of a woodland with a river and clouds in the sky above. Below is text in olive green and black, with a hand-painted colour bar at the bottom. Signed.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster Design
TitleNear Waltham Cross by Tram (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache and body colour
Gouache
Body Colour
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
'Near Waltham Cross by Tram'. Original design by Edward McKnight Kauffer for a poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1924.
Physical description
Original design for a poster promoting use of trams. A simple landscape scene, painted in bold swathes of greens and blues, of a woodland with a river and clouds in the sky above. Below is text in olive green and black, with a hand-painted colour bar at the bottom. Signed.
Dimensions
  • From departmental notes height: 57.2cm
  • From departmental notes width: 38.1cm
  • Colour strip at bottom of object height: 53mm
  • Colour strip at bottom of object width: 295mm
  • Sight size (see notes field) height: 58.6cm
  • Sight size (see notes field) width: 39.7cm
Third pair of 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.)
  • '5 May. 1924' (Stamped on the back)
Credit line
Given by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Travel
Transport
Woodland
Trees
River
Place depicted
Waltham Cross
Associated object
E.673-1924
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
  • The Poster King. E. McKnight Kauffer London: Estorick Collection of modern italian art, 2011.
  • 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 1924
Other numbers
  • 21/E7 - V&A microfiche
  • C.9774 - Object no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.618-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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