Chestnut Sunday

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Artist/Maker	Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by) Batty, Dora M. (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made) London (issued)

Original watercolour design for a poster to be issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.

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Categories	Designs Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	design
Title	Chestnut Sunday (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour Watercolour Watercolour
Brief description	Original design for a poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.. entitled 'Chestnut Sunday', watercolour design by Dora M. Batty, Great Britain, 1927.
Physical description	Original watercolour design for a poster to be issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Dimensions	Sight size height: 27.5cm Sight size width: 43.3cm 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	Signed and dated '1927'
Credit line	Given by the Superintendent of Advertisements, London Underground Electric Railways (UERL)
Subjects depicted	Blossom Chestnut (Tree)
Associated objects	E.500-1929 E.501-1929 CIRC.450-1928 CIRC.451-1928 CIRC.452-1928 CIRC.454-1928 CIRC.455-1928 CIRC.456-1928
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 1928
Other number	3/A11 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.453-1928

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1035306/chestnut-sunday-design-batty-dora-m/

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