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300,000 Acres Are Under Orchards And Fruit Gardens In The United Kingdom

Poster
1930 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Empire Marketing Board (issuer)
Nash, Paul (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

One sheet of a colour lithograph poster made up of six sheets. It is a design of text, with decorative borders, that concludes with the message 'ASK FOR HOME PRODUCE'.

Object details

Categories
Propaganda
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • 300,000 Acres Are Under Orchards And Fruit Gardens In The United Kingdom
  • Home Gardens For Home Markets
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Home Gardens For Home Markets : 300,000 Acres Are Under Orchards And Fruit Gardens In The United Kingdom'. 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. It is a design of text, with decorative borders, that concludes with the message 'ASK FOR HOME PRODUCE'.
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.
Subjects depicted
Food
Empire
Text
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.449:2-1932

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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