The New Gas Fires Says Mr Therm Light Themselves
Poster
1935 (designed), 1935 (issued)
1935 (designed), 1935 (issued)
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Colour lithograph poster advertising gas fires. '4 Pence a Week Buys One - The Gaslight & Coke Company of London Never Lets London Down'. The design shows an orange church spire, with the Mrs.Therm figure of a firey sprite standing at the top on one leg, against a backdrop of a black sky with white clouds. Signed and dated 'E McKnight Kauffer '35'.
Object details
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| Title | The New Gas Fires Says Mr Therm Light Themselves (trade title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | 'The New Gas Fires. Says Mr Therm Light Themselves'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by the Gas Light and Coke Company, Great Britain, 1935. |
| Physical description | Colour lithograph poster advertising gas fires. '4 Pence a Week Buys One - The Gaslight & Coke Company of London Never Lets London Down'. The design shows an orange church spire, with the Mrs.Therm figure of a firey sprite standing at the top on one leg, against a backdrop of a black sky with white clouds. Signed and dated 'E McKnight Kauffer '35'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'E McKnight Kauffer '35' (Signed and dated.) |
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| 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 | 22/D10 - V&A microfiche |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.515-1980 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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