Annual Dinner and Social Evening

Request to view

This object can be requested via email from the Prints & Drawings Study Room

V&A South Kensington
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C

We don’t have an image of this object online yet.

More about images

V&A Images may have a photograph that we can’t show online, but it may be possible to supply one to you. Email us at vaimages@vam.ac.uk for guidance about fees and timescales, quoting the accession number: E.204-2004

Artist/Maker	London College of Printing (printers) Eckersley, Tom (artist)
Place of origin	London College of Communication (printed)

Screenprinted poster advertising an annual dinner and social evening for staff and students at the London College of Printing (now LCC). The poster depicts a large, blue-shadowed, eye, eyebrow, beauty spot and a white lace fan against a red background. At the top of the poster are details regarding the event for the, 'Staff of the London College of Printing', and in a 'stencilled' typeface, 'Annual Dinner and Social Evening'.

Object details

Categories	Prints Entertainment & Leisure Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Annual Dinner and Social Evening (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Screenprint Paper Printing Ink Screen Print
Brief description	Screenprinted poster featuring a couple dancing, advertising a social evening for staff at the London College of Printing (now LCC), designed by Tom Eckersley, United Kingdom, probably 1980s
Physical description	Screenprinted poster advertising an annual dinner and social evening for staff and students at the London College of Printing (now LCC). The poster depicts a large, blue-shadowed, eye, eyebrow, beauty spot and a white lace fan against a red background. At the top of the poster are details regarding the event for the, 'Staff of the London College of Printing', and in a 'stencilled' typeface, 'Annual Dinner and Social Evening'.
Dimensions	Height: 73.1cm Width: 48.1cm
Marks and inscriptions	'The Staff of the London College of Printing' (At the top of the poster, printed in fine, black sans serif letters) 'ANNUAL DINNER AND SOCIAL EVENING' (Event title, in white 'stencil'-like typeface, at the top of the poster) 'The Penthouse Suite John Barker & Co Ltd Kensington Saturday 31 March 6 30pm / Tickets from Ron Miller Machine Printing and Foundry' (At the top of the poster, below the main heading, printed in fine, black sans serif letters) 'Designed by Tom Eckersley and Printed at the London College of Printing' (Maker's details, along the lower left edge of the poster, running from the bottom corner or the poster, in small, pale-blue letters)
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
Subjects depicted	Women Eyes Patches (Costume Accessories) Fans Lace
Other number	LS.992 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.204-2004

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record created	April 24, 2006
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O123250/annual-dinner-and-social-evening-poster-eckersley-tom/

Download as: JSON

Object details

About this object record

You may also like