Toys of All Ages

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

Colour offset lithograph poster, printed in blue and red, reproducing six toys to be found in public collections in London.

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Categories	Transport Advertising Prints Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Toys of All Ages (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph and letterpress Letterpress Printing Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	'Toys Of All Ages'. Colour offset lithograph and letterpress poster (one of three, along with a key and a guide), 13-18 in a series of images of toys advertising public collections of toys in London. Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and issued by the London Passenger Transport Board, 1935.
Physical description	Colour offset lithograph poster, printed in blue and red, reproducing six toys to be found in public collections in London.
Dimensions	Height: 101.7cm Width: 63.4cm 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
Marks and inscriptions	'E. McKnight Kauffer 35' (Signed and dated) '36.141. 1,000' (Numbered) (Inscribed with a Konody Library number)
Credit line	Given by Mr Paul G. Konody
Subject depicted	Toys (Recreational Artifacts)
Associated objects	E.578-1981 (Series) E.578A-1981 (Series) E.579-1981 (Series) E.579A-1981 (Series) CIRC.414-1971 CIRC.415-1971 (Duplicate) CIRC.415A-1971
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/E6 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.578B-1981

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O549016/toys-of-all-ages-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/

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