Design for Tramways or Underground poster

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Artist/Maker	London Passenger Transport Board (issued by) Meldrum, Roy (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Original design for a poster for the London Passenger Transport Board. A colourful, stylised illustration in body colour and pencil.

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Categories	Designs Illustration Transport Posters
Object type	Poster Design
Title	Design for Tramways or Underground poster (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Drawn and painted using pencil and body colour Pencil Body Colour Drawing (Image-Making) Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description	Roy Meldrum; 'Something different at every town, Tramways or Underground' design for a poster, ca. 1933
Physical description	Original design for a poster for the London Passenger Transport Board. A colourful, stylised illustration in body colour and pencil.
Dimensions	Height: 91.3cm Width: 62.4cm 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
Production type	Design
Object history	Design for a poster, possibly for London Transport Advertising Kensington Gardens. The London Transport Museum has an impression of the poster, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd, dated 1933. It bears the London Passenger Transport Board Logo instead of the L.T.Bullseye.
Subject depicted	Horses
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	26/G2 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.581-1981

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O548996/design-for-tramways-or-underground-poster-design-meldrum-roy/

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