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Science Museum South Kensington. The Science And Progress of Machinery

Sketch
1922 (made)
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.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Sketch
TitleScience 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
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 createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O549570/science-museum-south-kensington-the-sketch-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
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