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The Cocoa Nibs

Poster
c. 1925 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rowntree’s Cocoa. 'The Cocoa Nibs'; Poster; Showing a large poster at a seaside beach with the staring faces of two children, a boy wearing a green scarf and a girl wearing a red scarf, both holding cups of cocoa, with the poster title in yellow beneath. The same children are on the beach building sandcastles, the boy is wearing a white jumper, short trousers, a green scarf, long black socks and white sandals and is holding a bucket and spade. The girl is wearing a blue, yellow and green striped dress, holding a black spade, is putting the finishing touches to a mound of sand, which has Rowntrees Cocoa spelt out in small white shells along the side, topped by a the distinctive yellow tin of Rowntree`s Elect Cocoa. A small black and white dog sits looking at the large poster. In the distance on the left is a the beach of a bay of a seaside town with people enjoying themselves, with deep blue sea and clear blue sky; Colour lithograph.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Cocoa Nibs (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Poster for Rowntree's Cocoa, 'The Cocoa Nibs', showing a large poster at a seaside beach. Colour lithograph designed by S.H. Benson. Great Britain, ca. 1925.
Physical description
Rowntree’s Cocoa. 'The Cocoa Nibs'; Poster; Showing a large poster at a seaside beach with the staring faces of two children, a boy wearing a green scarf and a girl wearing a red scarf, both holding cups of cocoa, with the poster title in yellow beneath. The same children are on the beach building sandcastles, the boy is wearing a white jumper, short trousers, a green scarf, long black socks and white sandals and is holding a bucket and spade. The girl is wearing a blue, yellow and green striped dress, holding a black spade, is putting the finishing touches to a mound of sand, which has Rowntrees Cocoa spelt out in small white shells along the side, topped by a the distinctive yellow tin of Rowntree`s Elect Cocoa. A small black and white dog sits looking at the large poster. In the distance on the left is a the beach of a bay of a seaside town with people enjoying themselves, with deep blue sea and clear blue sky; Colour lithograph.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.6cm
  • Width: 152.4cm
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
Subjects depicted
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
4/B6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.90-1973

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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