Science Museum South Kensington. The Science And Progress of Machinery

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Artist/Maker	Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by) Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Preliminary sketch for a poster commissioned by the Underground Railways Co. of London. Much of the design and part of the lettering are on a sheet which has been cut into three and pasted onto another sheet.

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Categories	Drawings Designs
Object type	Sketch
Title	Science Museum South Kensington. The Science And Progress of Machinery (trade title)
Materials and techniques	Body colour drawing and collage Body Colour Drawing (Image-Making) Collage
Brief description	'Science Museum South Kensington. The Science And Progress of Machinery'. Preliminary sketch by Edward McKnight Kauffer for a poster commissioned by the Underground Railways Co. of London, Great Britain, 1922.
Physical description	Preliminary sketch for a poster commissioned by the Underground Railways Co. of London. Much of the design and part of the lettering are on a sheet which has been cut into three and pasted onto another sheet.
Dimensions	Height: 38.1cm Width: 25.5cm 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
Object history	This sketch was an alternative to the design which was finally produced (see E.95-1924).
Associated objects	E.1007-1926 (Version) E.95A-1924 (Version) E.95-1924 (Version)
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	21/D4 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3273-1980

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O549570/science-museum-south-kensington-the-sketch-kauffer-edward-mcknight/

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