The Empire's Highways to India

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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.

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Categories	Prints Propaganda Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	The 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 created	June 8, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O240328/the-empires-highways-to-india-poster-charles-pears/

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