The Call of Spring

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Artist/Maker	Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by) Paine, Charles (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Body colour design of alternate lettering, 'THE CALL OF SPRING', for use with the imagedesign of 'Spring By Underground' (Circ.467-1928).

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Categories	Designs Transport Advertising Posters
Object type	design
Title	The Call of Spring (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Body colour painting Body Colour Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description	Design of alternate lettering, entitled 'The Call of Spring', for the original design of a poster advertising the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. entitled 'Spring By Underground', body colour on paper, signed by Charles Paine, Great Britain, 1927-28.
Physical description	Body colour design of alternate lettering, 'THE CALL OF SPRING', for use with the imagedesign of 'Spring By Underground' (Circ.467-1928).
Dimensions	Height: 30.5cm Width: 60cm 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	'THE CALL OF SPRING' (Lettered as text design.) Signed.
Credit line	Given by the Superintendent of Advertisements, London Underground Electric Railways (UERL)
Subjects depicted	Spring Text
Associated object	CIRC.467-1928
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 1928
Other number	29/E8 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.467A-1928

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Record created	June 30, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1224113/the-call-of-spring-design-paine-charles/

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