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Looks like Elsie's been putting too much sherry in the trifle again

Poster
1988 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Looks like Elsie's been putting too much sherry in the trifle again'; Poster advertising the Victoria and Albert Museum; Montage of the left side of a man wearing a false beard and two warders' hats, overlaid with a woman wearing a suspended hoop dress of black gauze; Colour offset lithograph.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Looks like Elsie's been putting too much sherry in the trifle again
  • V & A an ace caff with quite a nice museum attached (series title)
Materials and techniques
colour offset lithograph
Brief description
'Looks like Elsie's been putting too much sherry in the trifle again'; Poster; Colour offset lithograph; From the campaign series 'V&A - An ace cafe with a nice museum attached', advertising the Victoria & Albert Museum; Art director, Paul Arden; Copywriter. Jeff Stark; Produced by Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Ltd.' Great Britain; 1988.
Physical description
'Looks like Elsie's been putting too much sherry in the trifle again'; Poster advertising the Victoria and Albert Museum; Montage of the left side of a man wearing a false beard and two warders' hats, overlaid with a woman wearing a suspended hoop dress of black gauze; Colour offset lithograph.
Dimensions
  • Height: 56.7cm
  • Width: 41.4cm
Dimensions 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
Production
Posters: British

Series Date: 1988
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
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
1/E3 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.518-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
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