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Toys Of All Ages. These Are the Museums.

Print
1935 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (designer)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Poster printed in blue and red ink, with a guide to various museums referred to in three posters advertising toys to be found in public collections in London (see E.578-578b-1981).

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Transport
Object type
Print
TitleToys Of All Ages. These Are the Museums. (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph and letterpress
Colour Offset Lithography
Letterpress Printing
Brief description
'Toys Of All Ages. These Are The Toys'. Colour offset lithograph and letterpress poster with a guide to various museums referred to in three posters issued by the London Passenger Transport Board. Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer, Great Britain, 1935.
Physical description
Poster printed in blue and red ink, with a guide to various museums referred to in three posters advertising toys to be found in public collections in London (see E.578-578b-1981).
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.1cm
  • Width: 31.5cm
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
Marks and inscriptions
  • '35 5556' (Numbered)
  • (Inscribed with a Konody Library number)
Credit line
Given by Mr Paul G. Konody
Subject depicted
Toys (Recreational Artifacts)
Associated objects
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
22/E7 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.579A-1981

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O548998/toys-of-all-ages-these-print-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
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