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Spring

Poster
1937 (designed), 1937 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Greater London (issued)

Colour lithograph poster featuring a quote from James Thompson's 'The Four Seasons', signed and dated 'E. McKnight Kauffer 37'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleSpring (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Spring. Still the fresh Spring finds New plants to quicken and new groves to green'. Colour lithograph poster featuring a quote from James Thompson's 'The Four Seasons'. Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by the London Passenger Transport Board, 1937.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster featuring a quote from James Thompson's 'The Four Seasons', signed and dated 'E. McKnight Kauffer 37'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.3cm
  • Width: 63.4cm
From departmental notes.
Marks and inscriptions
'E. McKnight Kauffer 37' (Signed and dated)
Subjects depicted
Spring
Quotations (Texts)
Literary referenceThompson, James. <u>The Four Seasons</u>. ca.1728.
Associated object
E.3860-1953 (Duplicate)
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
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.405-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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