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Dahlias in the Parks

Poster Design
1934 (made)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
Mansbridge, John (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Original body colour and pencil design for a poster advertising London transport systems. The image shows four flower blooms, with the London Passenger Transport Board’s device cut from paper and attached to the design. There are preliminary sketches on the back of the sheet.
Signed and dated 'Mansbridge '34', lettered with title and inscribed with colour notes etc.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Posters
Object type
Poster Design
TitleDahlias in the Parks (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Body colour and pencil
Body Colour
Pencil
Drawing (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
'Dahlias in the Parks'. Original body colour and pencil design for a poster showing four flower blooms. By John Mansbridge for London Passenger Transport Board, Great Britain, 1934.
Physical description
Original body colour and pencil design for a poster advertising London transport systems. The image shows four flower blooms, with the London Passenger Transport Board’s device cut from paper and attached to the design. There are preliminary sketches on the back of the sheet.
Signed and dated 'Mansbridge '34', lettered with title and inscribed with colour notes etc.
Dimensions
  • Height: 98.43cm
  • Width: 60.96cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO 1964
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Mansbridge '34' (Signed and dated)
  • (Lettered with title and inscribed with colour notes etc.)
Production
Original design for a poster that was issued by the London Passenger Transport Board.
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Dahlias (Flowers)
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
26/B5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5153-1958

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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