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'How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky ...'

Poster
1955 (printed), 1955 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Baynard Press (printer)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (designer)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Poster advertising a memorial exhibition of the artist's work held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 7 October - 27 November 1955. The design shows a woodland scene in autumn and features a quote from the poet Thomas Hood. Signed 'E. McKnight Kauffer Hon. R.D.I.'

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Tiles
History of the V&A
Posters
Object type
Poster
Title'How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky ...' (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky...' Poster advertising a memorial exhibition of the artist's work held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The design shows a woodland scene in autumn and features a quote from the poet Thomas Hood. A re-issue of a 1938 poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Great Britain, 1955.
Physical description
Poster advertising a memorial exhibition of the artist's work held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 7 October - 27 November 1955. The design shows a woodland scene in autumn and features a quote from the poet Thomas Hood. Signed 'E. McKnight Kauffer Hon. R.D.I.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 112cm
  • Width: 63.4cm
From departmental notes.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'E. McKnight Kauffer Hon. R.D.I.' (Signed)
  • '7 / 55 - 140M - 2000' (Numbered)
Object history
This is a 1955 re-issue of a design that was first issued by the London Passenger Transport Board in 1938 (see Circ.407-1971).
Production
This is a 1955 re-issue of a design that was first issued by the London Passenger Transport Board in 1938 (see Circ.407-1971).
Subjects depicted
Autumn
Exhibition
Woodland
Trees
Quotations (Texts)
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Hudson, H. F. London Transport Posters. London, 1963.
  • 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
23/A12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.177-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O550934/how-bravely-autumn-paints-upon-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
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