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Rowntree's Elect Cocoa

Poster
1896 (designed)
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.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Drinking
Advertising
Posters
Scotland
Object type
Poster
TitleRowntree'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
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 createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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