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Home Gardens For Home Markets

Poster
1930 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

One sheet of a colour lithograph poster made up of six sheets. The design is an illustration of an orchard.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHome Gardens For Home Markets
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Home Gardens For Home Markets'. One sheet of a colour lithograph poster made up of six sheets. This sheet was designed by Paul Nash. Issued by the Empire Marketing Board, Great Britain, 1930.
Physical description
One sheet of a colour lithograph poster made up of six sheets. The design is an illustration of an orchard.
Dimensions
  • Overall size of six sheet poster height: 584.2cm
  • Overall size of six sheet poster width: 116.2cm
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
Signed.
Object history
The purpose of the poster as a whole is to encourage the British public to celebrate and request home-grown produce.
Subject depicted
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
Collection
Accession number
E.449:6-1932

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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