1991-3 (made)
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Artists Jonathan Mercer (born 1958) and Caroline Church designed the illustrations for this Beefeater menu, commissioned by Nicola Lloyd of Crabtree Hall. The restaurant wanted to change its style of menu from a standard photographic design to an illustrated menu which converyed the notion of good traditional English food but in a colourful and lively way. The menu was designed so that the cover and special menu could be changed each season. Mercer therefore provided a series of wood engravings wittily illustrating the names of the dishes. Caroline Church added some scraperboard illustration to this design. For an example of Mercer's original artwork see E.752-1994.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph from wood engraving and scraperboard on paper |
| Brief description | Beefeater restaurant menu, colour offset lithography from a wood engraving by Jonathan Mercer and scraperboard by Caroline Church, designed by Crabtree Hall; British, 1991-3. |
| Physical description | Beefeater restaurant menu. |
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| Gallery label | [Draft?] The restaurant wanted to change its style of menu from a standard photographic design to an illustrated menu which converyed a notion of good traditional English food but in a colourful lively way. The menu was designed so that the cover and special menu could be changed each season. Jonathan Mercer therefore provided a series of wood engravings wittily illustrating the names of the dishes. E.760-1994 also includes scraperboard illustration by Caroline Church.(1994) |
| Credit line | Given by the Crabtree Hall |
| Object history | Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1995. |
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| Summary | Artists Jonathan Mercer (born 1958) and Caroline Church designed the illustrations for this Beefeater menu, commissioned by Nicola Lloyd of Crabtree Hall. The restaurant wanted to change its style of menu from a standard photographic design to an illustrated menu which converyed the notion of good traditional English food but in a colourful and lively way. The menu was designed so that the cover and special menu could be changed each season. Mercer therefore provided a series of wood engravings wittily illustrating the names of the dishes. Caroline Church added some scraperboard illustration to this design. For an example of Mercer's original artwork see E.752-1994. |
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| Accession number | E.760-1994 |
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| Record created | December 17, 2008 |
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