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Rhubarb and Roses ... Underground to Covent Garden

Poster
1965 (issued), 1964 (designed)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Board (issued by)
John Cecil Griffiths (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)
London (issued)

'Rhubarb and Roses...Underground to Covent Garden'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed and dated within the design 'John Griffiths 1964'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleRhubarb and Roses ... Underground to Covent Garden
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Rhubarb and Roses...Underground to Covent Garden'. Colour lithograph poster. Design by John Griffiths. Issued by the London Transport Board. England. 1965.
Physical description
'Rhubarb and Roses...Underground to Covent Garden'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed and dated within the design 'John Griffiths 1964'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 102.8cm
  • Width: 62.8cm
Dimensions 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
John Griffiths 1964 (Signed and dated within the design.)
Subject depicted
Travel
Place depicted
Covent Garden
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
Other number
16/E8 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.684-1987

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Record createdJuly 27, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O44588/rhubarb-and-roses--underground-poster-john-cecil-griffiths/
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