Rowntree's Elect Cocoa

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Artist/Maker	Beggarstaff Brothers (maker) Pryde, James (artist) Nicholson, William Newzam Prior (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (printed)

Pictorial advertisement for cocoa made by Rowntree's; Depicting three men and a tea cup alongside the text 'Rowntree's Elect Cocoa'; A reduced facsimile of the poster E.1209-1927; Colour lithograph on paper; Signed.

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Categories	Prints Drinking Advertising Posters Scotland
Object type	Poster
Title	Rowntree's Elect Cocoa (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph on paper Paper Printing Ink Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Rowntree's Elect Cocoa'; Pictorial advertisement for cocoa made by Rowntree's; Depicting three men and a tea cup; Colour lithograph on paper; Signed; Design by Beggarstaff Brothers; Great Britain; Designed 1896.
Physical description	Pictorial advertisement for cocoa made by Rowntree's; Depicting three men and a tea cup alongside the text 'Rowntree's Elect Cocoa'; A reduced facsimile of the poster E.1209-1927; Colour lithograph on paper; Signed.
Dimensions	Height: 101.3cm Width: 77.3cm 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	'Rowntree's / Elect / Cocoa' (Text as part of design.) Signed.
Subjects depicted	Men Teacup
Associated objects	E.1209-1927 (Version) E.713-1919 (Version)
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 1962
Other number	4/A9 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.600-1962

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1034535/rowntrees-elect-cocoa-poster-pryde-james/

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