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The Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Poster
1957 (issued)
Artist/Maker
General Post Office (issuer)
Minton, John (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster showing an illustration of the college viewed from across Greenwich Park, encouraging the public to use their correct postal address.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Royal Naval College, Greenwich (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'The Royal Naval College, Greenwich'. Colour offset lithograph poster showing an illustration of the college viewed from across Greenwich Park, encouraging the public to use their correct postal address. Designed by John Minton and issued by the General Post Office, Great Britain, 1957.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster showing an illustration of the college viewed from across Greenwich Park, encouraging the public to use their correct postal address.
Dimensions
  • Height: 53.98cm
  • Width: 46.99cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO 1964
Credit line
Given by H.M. Postmaster-General
Subjects depicted
Park
Trees
Places depicted
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Greenwich
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 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/B11 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.23322-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O574305/the-royal-naval-college-greenwich-poster-minton-john/
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