Cheaper Empire Telegrams

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Artist/Maker	General Post Office (issuer) Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

'Cheaper Empire Telegrams. Hand In Your Telegram Here'. Colour offset lithograph poster, signed 'E McKnight Kauffer hon. R.D.I.'

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Categories	Prints Advertising Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Cheaper Empire Telegrams (trade title)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Cheaper Empire Telegrams'. Colour offset lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and issued by the General Post Office, Great Britain, 1938.
Physical description	'Cheaper Empire Telegrams. Hand In Your Telegram Here'. Colour offset lithograph poster, signed 'E McKnight Kauffer hon. R.D.I.'
Dimensions	Height: 76.2cm Width: 51.1cm 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	'E McKnight Kauffer hon. R.D.I.' (Signed)
Credit line	Acquired from Adrian Tilbrook in 1971.
Subjects depicted	British Empire Communication
Associated objects	E.3277-1980 (Version) E.3276-1980 (Design)
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/A8 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.308-1971

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1036191/cheaper-empire-telegrams-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/

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