The King's Messenger A.D. 1482

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Artist/Maker	GPO, General Post Office (issued by) Armstrong, John (artist)
Place of origin	United Kingdom (made)

This poster forms part of a series commissioned by the GPO (General Post Office) to capture in images the story of message delivery throughout history. Others in the series are mythological figure Pheidippides in 490 B.C., a mail coach from 1784, and a modern Royal Mail postman on a motorcycle in 1935.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	The King's Messenger A.D. 1482 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	colour lithograph Paper Ink Colour Lithography
Brief description	GPO poster by JA (monogram for John Armstrong). UK. ca. 1935.
Physical description	King's messenger leading a horse by the bridle up a small hill. Small castle to the right. Printed in grey, black, white and sepia (reddish-brown).
Dimensions	Height: 50.7cm Width: 63.3cm
Marks and inscriptions	The King's Messenger A.D.1482 JA (artist's monogram, lower right corner) [GPO logo] (PRD 57) (lower margin, right)
Credit line	Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Place depicted	United Kingdom
Summary	This poster forms part of a series commissioned by the GPO (General Post Office) to capture in images the story of message delivery throughout history. Others in the series are mythological figure Pheidippides in 490 B.C., a mail coach from 1784, and a modern Royal Mail postman on a motorcycle in 1935.
Associated objects	E.750-2004 (Set) E.751-2004 (Set) E.748-2004 (Set)
Bibliographic reference	Poster Progress. Tom Purvis (introduction). F.A. Mercer & W. Gaunt (editors). London: Blackmore Press/ The Studio, Ltd. 1939.
Other number	LS.1918 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.749-2004

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Record created	September 22, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O105614/the-kings-messenger-ad-1482-poster-armstrong-john/

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