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The Round Pond, Kensington Gardens

Poster
1959 (issued), 1958 (designed)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Executive (issuer)
Millichip, Paul (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Colour lithograph poster with an illustration of the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens, London. There are toy boats on the pond, figures standing at the water's edge and Kensington Palace can be seen in the background. Beneath the image is text advertising the leaflet 'How to get there'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Round Pond, Kensington Gardens
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'The Round Pond, Kensington Gardens'. Colour lithograph poster with an illustration of the Round Pond, advertising the leaflet 'How to get there'. Designed by Paul Millichip and issued by the London Transport Executive, 1959.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster with an illustration of the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens, London. There are toy boats on the pond, figures standing at the water's edge and Kensington Palace can be seen in the background. Beneath the image is text advertising the leaflet 'How to get there'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 78.1cm
  • Width: 55.9cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'Millichip 1958.' (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Given by the London Transport Executive
Subjects depicted
Pond
Boats
Perambulator
Children
Places depicted
Kensington Palace
Kensington Gardens
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • 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
27/A12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.96-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O569033/the-round-pond-kensington-gardens-poster-millichip-paul/
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