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Wisley

Poster
1922 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Wisley'. View down a path lined with silhouetted trees, to a body of blue water on which can be seen a figure in a boat and a white swan. Colour wood-cut print poster. Signed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWisley
Materials and techniques
Colour wood-cut print
Brief description
'Wisley'. Colour wood-cut print poster of view down a path lined with silhouetted trees, to a body of blue water. Designed by Robert Gibbings. Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, Ltd.. England. 1922.
Physical description
'Wisley'. View down a path lined with silhouetted trees, to a body of blue water on which can be seen a figure in a boat and a white swan. Colour wood-cut print poster. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 55cm
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
  • WISLEY (Text of design, along bottom of sheet.)
  • RGIBBINGS. (Lettered vertically along right edge of sheet.)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
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
Other number
15/D3 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.1097-1922

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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