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Winter Sales are best reached by Underground

Poster
1921 (designed), 1921 (first issued), 1977 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issuer)
Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (printer)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Reprint of a colour lithograph poster promoting use of the London Underground system. Signed and dated 'E. McKnight Kauffer 1921' and lettered 'A famous poster of 1921, reproduced in 1977 by Bournehall Press for London Transport as an historic poster reprint' and numbered '599. 1,000. 26. 8. 21'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Shopping
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleWinter Sales are best reached by Underground (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Winter Sales are best reached by Underground'. Colour lithograph poster. Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1921. Reprint, 1977.
Physical description
Reprint of a colour lithograph poster promoting use of the London Underground system. Signed and dated 'E. McKnight Kauffer 1921' and lettered 'A famous poster of 1921, reproduced in 1977 by Bournehall Press for London Transport as an historic poster reprint' and numbered '599. 1,000. 26. 8. 21'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.2cm
  • Width: 63.1cm
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 1921' (Signed and dated.)
  • 'A famous poster of 1921, reproduced in 1977 by Bournehall Press for London Transport as an historic poster reprint' (Lettered.)
  • '599. 1,000. 26. 8. 21' (Numbered.)
Production
This is a 1977 reprint of a 1921 design.
Associated objects
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
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.256-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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