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The Empire's Highways to India

Poster
1928 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Empire Marketing Board (issuer)
Charles Pears (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

One part of a six-sheet colour lithograph poster stating the value of trade bewteen India and the United Kingdom and encouraging the public to ask for 'Empire Goods' when shopping. The complete poster features illustrations of families aboard a large ship.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Empire's Highways to India
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph poster
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Poster by Charles Pears (1 of 6 sheets) for 'The Empire's Highway to India', issued by the Empire Marketing Board. Great Britain, 1928.
Physical description
One part of a six-sheet colour lithograph poster stating the value of trade bewteen India and the United Kingdom and encouraging the public to ask for 'Empire Goods' when shopping. The complete poster features illustrations of families aboard a large ship.
Dimensions
  • Overall size height: 584.2cm
  • Overall size 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
Credit line
Given by the Empire Marketing Board
Subject depicted
British Empire
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
Other number
30/A1-A6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.451:4-1932

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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