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Un Parisien arrivant de Calais

Poster
1956 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Executive (issuer)
Henrion, Frédéric Henri Kay (M.B.E., R.D.I.) (designer)
Place of origin
England (issued)

'Un Parisien arrivant de Calais...'. Colour lithograph and letterpress poster, advertising the booklet Visitor's London. Signed 'Henrion'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • Un Parisien arrivant de Calais
  • London Transport
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography and letterpress.
Printing Ink
Colour Lithography
Letterpress Printing
Brief description
'Un Parisien arrivant de Calais...'. Colour lithograph and letterpress poster, advertising the booklet Visitor's London. Designed by Frédéric Henri Kay Henrion. Issued by the London Transport Executive. England. 1956.
Physical description
'Un Parisien arrivant de Calais...'. Colour lithograph and letterpress poster, advertising the booklet Visitor's London. Signed 'Henrion'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 103.1cm
  • 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
'Henrion' (Signed.)
Subject depicted
Tourism
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
18/E2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.685-1987

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Record createdJuly 27, 2000
Record URL
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