Guinness in Festival Land
Poster
1951 (issued), 1951 (designed)
1951 (issued), 1951 (designed)
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'Guinness In Festival Land'. Colour half-tone print poster advertising Guinness, at the time of the 1951 Festival of Britain, parodying a passage from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The design features characters from Alice in Wonderland, including: Alice, handing out glasses of Guinness to the Mad Hatter; a knight in shining armour; The Walrus; The White Rabbit; The Queen of Hearts. At the bottom of the page, there is a large canopy marquee with a smiling sun-like face. In the middle of the page, there is a poem extoling the virtues of Guinness and The Festival. Signed and dated, eric fraser '51.
Object details
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| Title | Guinness in Festival Land |
| Materials and techniques | Colour half-tone printing |
| Brief description | 'Guinness In Festival Land'. Colour half-tone print poster advertising Guinness, at the time of the 1951 Festival of Britain, featuring characters from Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland'. Designed by Eric George Fraser. Printed by Sanders, Phillips & Co. Ltd., London. 1951. |
| Physical description | 'Guinness In Festival Land'. Colour half-tone print poster advertising Guinness, at the time of the 1951 Festival of Britain, parodying a passage from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The design features characters from Alice in Wonderland, including: Alice, handing out glasses of Guinness to the Mad Hatter; a knight in shining armour; The Walrus; The White Rabbit; The Queen of Hearts. At the bottom of the page, there is a large canopy marquee with a smiling sun-like face. In the middle of the page, there is a poem extoling the virtues of Guinness and The Festival. Signed and dated, eric fraser '51. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | eric fraser '51 (Signed and dated.) |
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| Literary reference | Carroll, Lewis (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). <u>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</u>. 1865. |
| 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 | 13/F5 - V&A microfiche |
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| Accession number | E.551-1987 |
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| Record created | July 27, 2000 |
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