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A professional poet from Sarratt...

Poster
1957 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Executive (issuer)
Glendening, Ronald (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

'A professional poet from Sarratt …'. Colour lithograph and letterpress poster advertising evening travel to London. The lettering is on a separate sheet pasted below the main image. Signed 'R. Glendening'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleA professional poet from Sarratt...
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Printing Ink
Colour Lithography
Letterpress Printing
Brief description
'A professional poet from Sarratt …'. Colour lithograph and letterpress poster advertising evening travel to London. Designed by Ronald Glendening. Issued by the London Transport Executive. Great Britain. 1957.
Physical description
'A professional poet from Sarratt …'. Colour lithograph and letterpress poster advertising evening travel to London. The lettering is on a separate sheet pasted below the main image. Signed 'R. Glendening'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75.57cm
  • Width: 55.88cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO 1964
Marks and inscriptions
R. Glendening (Signed.)
Credit line
Given by the London Transport Executive
Subject depicted
Travel
Associated object
E.683-1987 (Duplicate)
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
16/B2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.23282-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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