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Winter Sales are best reached by Underground

Poster
1921 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster promoting use of the London Underground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWinter Sales are best reached by Underground (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Winter Sales are best reached by Underground'. Colour lithograph poster. Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1921.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster promoting use of the London Underground.
Dimensions
  • From departmental notes height: 96.5cm
  • From departmental notes width: 58.4cm
  • See notes field height: 101cm
  • See notes field width: 62.8cm
Second pair of 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. 1921' (Signed and dated.)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
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
21/C7 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.48-1922

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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