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Irish Free State Poultry

Poster
1929 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Empire Marketing Board (issuer)
Keating, John (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

A small version of the poster first issued by the Empire Marketing Board in 1929, re-printed for use in schools. Signed 'Keating' and numbered 'R.A.H.3'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Politics
Object type
Poster
TitleIrish Free State Poultry
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Photographic Paper
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Irish Free State Poultry'. Small version of the poster designed by John Keating, re-printed for use in schools, first issued by the Empire Marketing Board in 1929.
Physical description
A small version of the poster first issued by the Empire Marketing Board in 1929, re-printed for use in schools. Signed 'Keating' and numbered 'R.A.H.3'.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 270mm
  • Image width: 270mm
  • Sheet height: 303mm
  • Sheet width: 303mm
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
Subject depicted
Agriculture (Concept)
Bibliographic references
  • Constantine, Stephen. Buy & Build: The Advertising Posters of the Empire Marketing Board. London, 1986, pl.13.
  • 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
23/B12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.366-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
Record URL
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