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Spring In The Village

Poster
1936 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Jacob, Kate (photographer)
Place of origin
Greater London (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster incorporating a photograph by Kate Jacob within the design. Signed 'E McKnight-Kauffer'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleSpring In The Village (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph and offset
Lithography
Offset Printing
Brief description
'Spring In The Village'. Colour offset lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer, incorporating a photograph by Kate Jacob. Issued by the London Passenger Transport Board, 1936.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster incorporating a photograph by Kate Jacob within the design. Signed 'E McKnight-Kauffer'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.6cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
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
'E McKnight-Kauffer' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Spring
Village
Photograph
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/F3 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3226-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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