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Keep on Bovril - and don't get "off colour"

Poster
ca.1925-1930 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Harris, Herbert H. (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Keep on Bovril – and don’t get “off colour”'. Colour lithograph lorry bill poster, advertising Bovril meat extract.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Eating
Drinking
Labels & Packaging
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleKeep on Bovril - and don't get "off colour"
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Printing Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Keep on Bovril – and don’t get “off colour”'. Colour lithograph lorry bill poster, advertising Bovril meat extract. Designed by Herbert H. Harris. Great Britain. ca.1925-1930.
Physical description
'Keep on Bovril – and don’t get “off colour”'. Colour lithograph lorry bill poster, advertising Bovril meat extract.
Dimensions
  • Height: 63.5cm
  • Width: 162.5cm
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
Credit line
Given by Ogilvy Benson & Mather Ltd
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
17/C9 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.167-1973

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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