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Community Bonfire & Firework Display

Poster
1978 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait poster advertising a community bonfire and fireworks display at Meanwhile Gardens. The advertisement is written as a firework, across a night sky, with a residential skyline at the bottom of the poster.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCommunity Bonfire & Firework Display (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hancut and photostencil printing, paper, plastic laminate
Brief description
Poster, designed and printed by John Phillips, made by the Paddington Printshop, London, 1978.
Physical description
Portrait poster advertising a community bonfire and fireworks display at Meanwhile Gardens. The advertisement is written as a firework, across a night sky, with a residential skyline at the bottom of the poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 81.6cm
  • Width: 56.1cm
Dimensions include plastic laminate.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Community Bonfire & Firework Display
  • SAT. NOV. 5th / AT MEANWHILE GARDENS / ELKSTONE RD. / DON'T / BRING / FIREWORKS / DISPLAY / 7.30 - 8.15
Credit line
Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop
Object history
Poster featured in the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is easy...?'
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
From the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Collection
Accession number
E.561-2013

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Record createdNovember 20, 2013
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