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The Journey Shrinker ...

Poster
1979 (issued)
Artist/Maker
British Railways Board (BRB) (issuer)
Donnelly, Peter (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'The Journey Shrinker. Now full high-speed services from York to London, the North East and Scotland!'. Colour offset lithograph and screen-print poster, depicting three power cabs of the Inter-City 125 high-speed train.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Journey Shrinker ...
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithography and screen-printing
Colour Offset Lithography
Screen Printing
Brief description
'The Journey Shrinker ... '. Colour offset lithograph and screen-print poster, depicting three power cabs of the Inter-City 125 high-speed train. Design by Peter Donnelly. Issued by the British Railways Board. Great Britain. 1979.
Physical description
'The Journey Shrinker. Now full high-speed services from York to London, the North East and Scotland!'. Colour offset lithograph and screen-print poster, depicting three power cabs of the Inter-City 125 high-speed train.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.2cm
  • Width: 63.1cm
Dimensions 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
Subjects depicted
Transport
Train
Associated object
E.821-1980
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
11/A5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.822-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O550335/the-journey-shrinker--poster-donnelly-peter/
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