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A Sudan Cotton Field

Poster
1927 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Empire Marketing Board (issuer)
Edward Barnard Lintott (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'A Sudan Cotton Field'. Small version, intended for use in schools, of a poster issued by the Empire Marketing Board. Signed 'Lintott' and numbered 'R.M.1.'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleA Sudan Cotton Field
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'A Sudan Cotton Field'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Edward Barnard Lintott. A small version of the poster first issued by the Empire Marketing Board in 1927.
Physical description
'A Sudan Cotton Field'. Small version, intended for use in schools, of a poster issued by the Empire Marketing Board. Signed 'Lintott' and numbered 'R.M.1.'.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 51.1cm
  • Size of sheet width: 76.4cm
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
  • 'Lintott' (Signed.)
  • 'R.M.1.' (numbered)
Production
Small version, intended for use in schools, of a poster first issued by the Empire Marketing Board in 1927.
Subjects depicted
Agriculture
Education
Field
Place depicted
Sudan
Associated object
E.369-1988
Bibliographic references
  • Stephen Constantine, Buy & Build: The Advertising Posters of the Empire Marketing Board, London, 1986, pl.15.
  • 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 numbers
  • 25/D6 - V&A microfiche
  • R.M.1. - numbered on sheet
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.368-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
Record URL
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