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Come In To Play

Poster
1937 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
Baynard Press (printer)
Nash, Paul (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)
London (printed)

Colour lithograph poster promoting the use of season tickets. The design shows a painted suburban scene (the same as in CIRC.308-1975) viewed in rainy weather, with a green season train ticket linking it to a black and white image of the Shaftesbury Monument Memorial Fountain in Picadilly Circus within a circle. The text 'COME IN TO PLAY' is lettered above the image. Signed 'Paul Nash'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleCome In To Play (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Come In to Play'. Colour lithograph poster promoting the use of season tickets. Designed by Paul Nash and issued by the London Passenger Transport Board, 1937.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster promoting the use of season tickets. The design shows a painted suburban scene (the same as in CIRC.308-1975) viewed in rainy weather, with a green season train ticket linking it to a black and white image of the Shaftesbury Monument Memorial Fountain in Picadilly Circus within a circle. The text 'COME IN TO PLAY' is lettered above the image. Signed 'Paul Nash'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101cm
  • Width: 65.7cm
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
  • 'Paul Nash' (Signed)
  • 'COME IN TO PLAY' (Lettered above image.)
  • 'USE A SEASON / TICKET' (Lettered in upper-left of design.)
  • '36/4287/1500' (Numbered bottom-left corner of sheet.)
  • 'THE BAYNARD PRESS' (Lettered bottom-right corner of sheet.)
  • '3rd Class Quarterly Season Ticket between / Temple / and / Chiswick Park / VIA SLOANE SQUARE / 17 FEB 1937' (Lettered on the ticket within the design.)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Margaret Nash, widow of the Artist
Object history
This poster was issued to promote the use of season tickets for daily commuting from the suburbs into the City, for leisure purposes as well as work.
Subjects depicted
Travel
Transport
Commuting
Shaftesbury Monument Memorial Fountain
Ticket
Suburbs
Fountain
Cars
Memorial
Place depicted
Piccadilly Circus
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964
  • Postan, A. The complete graphic work of Paul Nash. London. 1973. L20.
  • 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/B3 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4803-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O562758/come-in-to-play-poster-nash-paul/
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