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Glenmorangie Distillery in Winter

Print
1992 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This advertisement was part of a Christmas advertising campaign. The wood engraving was enlarged and used on a poster site on the Cromwell Road, London. The site was designed to look like a child's toy snow scene, with a large perspex bubble over the enlarged image which was filled with polystyrene snowflakes blown by an air pump.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGlenmorangie Distillery in Winter (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving on paper
Brief description
Proof of a poster hoarding for Glenmorangie whisky, artist Andrew Davidson, designed by TBWA Holmes Knight Ritchie advertising agency; British, 1992.
Physical description
Proof of a poster hoarding for Glenmorangie whisky featuring a view of the distillery in winter.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 12.5cm
  • Image width: 27.5cm
  • Sheet height: 17.7cm
  • Sheet width: 36.3cm
Production typeProof
Marks and inscriptions
  • A.D. (Artist initials on plate)
  • Andrew Davidson (Signature in pencil)
  • [date] Glenmorangie A/P (Inscribed in pencil)
Gallery label
(1994)
Andrew DAVIDSON (born 1958)

Proof for a poster hoarding for Glenmorangie Whisky. 1993
Advertising agency TBWA Holmes Knight Ritchie
Wood engraving
E.688-1994
Given by Andrew Davidson

This was part of a Christmas advertising campaign. The wood
engraving was enlarged and used on a poster site on the Cromwell
Road, London. The site was designed to look like a child's toy snow
scene, with a large perspex bubble over the engraved image
and filled with polystyrene snowflakes blown by an air pump.
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1995. R.P. No. 94.1449
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Summary
This advertisement was part of a Christmas advertising campaign. The wood engraving was enlarged and used on a poster site on the Cromwell Road, London. The site was designed to look like a child's toy snow scene, with a large perspex bubble over the enlarged image which was filled with polystyrene snowflakes blown by an air pump.
Bibliographic reference
A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum, 10 Oct 1994 - 26 Mar 1995
Collection
Accession number
E.688-1994

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Record createdDecember 16, 2008
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