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Home Gardens For Home Markets

Poster
1930 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

One sheet of a colour lithograph poster made up of six sheets. The design is a colour illustration showing a scene of managed trees.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHome Gardens For Home Markets
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Home Gardens For Home Markets'. One sheet of a colour lithograph poster made up of six sheets. This sheet was designed by John Nash. Issued by the Empire Marketing Board, Great Britain, 1930.
Physical description
One sheet of a colour lithograph poster made up of six sheets. The design is a colour illustration showing a scene of managed trees.
Dimensions
  • Height: 121cm
  • Width: 152.7cm
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
Signed.
Object history
The purpose of the poster as a whole is to encourage the British public to celebrate and request home-grown produce.
Subjects depicted
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
Other number
28/A6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.172-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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