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Autumn Woods

Poster
1938 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Greater London (issued)

Proof before all lettering of a colour lithograph poster. The design shows a woodland scene in autumn, featuring green, gold and red colouring, with silver-trunked trees on the left and a log on a mound to the left of the foreground. There is a blue graded sky above. Signed 'E. McKnight Kauffer Hon. R.D.I.'

Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleAutumn Woods (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Autumn Woods'. Proof before all lettering of a colour lithograph poster showing a woodland scene in autumn. Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and issued by the London Passenger Transport Board, 1938.
Physical description
Proof before all lettering of a colour lithograph poster. The design shows a woodland scene in autumn, featuring green, gold and red colouring, with silver-trunked trees on the left and a log on a mound to the left of the foreground. There is a blue graded sky above. Signed 'E. McKnight Kauffer Hon. R.D.I.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.3cm
  • Width: 63.4cm
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
Production typeProof
Marks and inscriptions
'E. McKnight Kauffer Hon. R.D.I.' (Signed)
Production
Attribution note: before lettering
Subjects depicted
Autumn
Woods
Woodland
Log
Trees
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 1971
Other number
23/A11 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.407-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1035606/autumn-woods-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
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