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Please pack parcels very carefully

Poster
c.1954 (issued)
Artist/Maker
General Post Office (issuer)
Eckersley, Tom (OBE) (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Please pack parcels very carefully'. Colour lithograph poster with the image of a broken china horse. Signed.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitlePlease pack parcels very carefully
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph print
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Please pack parcels very carefully'. Colour lithograph poster with the image of a broken china horse. Designed by Tom Eckersley (OBE). Issued by the General Post Office. Great Britain. c.1954.
Physical description
'Please pack parcels very carefully'. Colour lithograph poster with the image of a broken china horse. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 73.7cm
  • Width: 91.4cm
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
(Signed.)
Subjects depicted
Ceramics
Horse
Associated object
E.505-1985 (Series)
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
11/F1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.504-1985

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O540507/please-pack-parcels-very-carefully-poster-eckersley-tom-obe/
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