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Contact With The World Use The Telephone

Poster
1934 (designed), 1934 (issued)
Artist/Maker
General Post Office (issuer)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster printed in black and blue, signed and dated 'E. McKnight Kauffer '34' and numbered 'PRD.66'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleContact With The World Use The Telephone (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph printed in black and blue
Lithography
Brief description
'Contact With The World Use The Telephone'. Lithograph poster printed in black and blue, designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by the General Post Office, Great Britain, 1934.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster printed in black and blue, signed and dated 'E. McKnight Kauffer '34' and numbered 'PRD.66'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 50.4cm
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 '34' (Signed and dated.)
  • 'PRD.66' (Numbered.)
Subject depicted
Telecommunication
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Haworth-Booth, Mark, E. McKnight Kauffer : poster art, 1915-1940 : a travelling exhibition, London, V&A (Circulation Department), 1973
Other number
22/D6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3227-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O549615/contact-with-the-world-use-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
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