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Engraved Brasses

Poster
1955 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Executive (issuer)
Marsden, Stella (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Colour lithograph poster featuring images of brass rubbings and a column of text. Signed 'Stella M.'

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleEngraved Brasses (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Engraved Brasses'. Colour lithograph poster featuring images of brass rubbings and a column of text. Designed by Stella Marsden and issued by the London Transport Executive, 1955.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster featuring images of brass rubbings and a column of text. Signed 'Stella M.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 101cm
  • Width: 63.2cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Stella M.' (Signed)
  • 'Marsden' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by the London Transport Executive
Subjects depicted
Brasses
Text
Associated object
E.686-1955 (Set)
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO, 1963
  • 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
26/C2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.686A-1955

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O579035/engraved-brasses-poster-marsden-stella/
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