'Paddy the next best thing' by Gertrude Page

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Artist/Maker	Hurst & Blackett (publisher)
Place of origin	Britain (printed)

Book jacket for 'Paddy the next best thing' by Gertrude Page, depicting a woman running for a train. She is wearing a purple skirt suit with a hat, and carries an umbrella under her arm, and a small suitcase. There is a guard on the platform waving a green flag and another who gestures and calls towards the woman.

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Categories	Books Prints Transport
Object type	Print
Title	'Paddy the next best thing' by Gertrude Page (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Printed book jacket Paper Printing
Brief description	Book jacket for 'Paddy the next best thing' by Gertrude Page, published by Hurst & Blackett. Great Britain, ca. 1908-17.
Physical description	Book jacket for 'Paddy the next best thing' by Gertrude Page, depicting a woman running for a train. She is wearing a purple skirt suit with a hat, and carries an umbrella under her arm, and a small suitcase. There is a guard on the platform waving a green flag and another who gestures and calls towards the woman.
Dimensions	Height: 290mm Width: 193mm Dimensions measured 02/07/2013
Subjects depicted	Stations Railways Trains Locomotives Suitcases Umbrellas
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1615-1987

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Record created	July 2, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1265738/paddy-the-next-best-thing-print-hurst--blackett/

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