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Exhibition Of Modern Silverwork

Poster
1938 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
Baynard Press (printer)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Greater London (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster advertising an exhibition of 'modern silverwork' held at Goldsmith's Hall, Foster Lane, London EC2, 4-16 July 1938. Signed 'E McKK'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleExhibition Of Modern Silverwork (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Exhibition Of Modern Silverwork'. Colour offset lithograph poster advertising an exhibition held at Goldsmith's Hall, London. Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and issued by the London Passenger Transport Board, Great Britain, 1938.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster advertising an exhibition of 'modern silverwork' held at Goldsmith's Hall, Foster Lane, London EC2, 4-16 July 1938. Signed 'E McKK'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
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 McKK' (Signed.)
Subject depicted
Exhibition
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
23/B1
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3224-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O549618/exhibition-of-modern-silverwork-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
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