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For Speed & Comfort Travel by Rail

Poster
1931 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London, Midland and Scottish Railway (issuer)
Michael (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster showing two men in caps looking out from a steam train engine. Lettered at the bottom of the image: 'FOR SPEED & COMFORT TRAVEL BY RAIL LMS'. Signed and dated 'Michael 31'.

Object details

Categories
Posters
Transport
Advertising
Scotland
Object type
Poster
TitleFor Speed & Comfort Travel by Rail (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Michael. 'For Speed & Comfort Travel by Rail'. Colour lithograph poster showing two men looking out from a steam train. Issued by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1931.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster showing two men in caps looking out from a steam train engine. Lettered at the bottom of the image: 'FOR SPEED & COMFORT TRAVEL BY RAIL LMS'. Signed and dated 'Michael 31'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 102.24cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Michael 31' (Signed and dated)
  • 'FOR SPEED & COMFORT / TRAVEL BY RAIL / LMS' (Text of design)
Credit line
Given by Mr. Reginald H. D. Mayes
Subjects depicted
Transport
Travel
Men
Trains (Vehicle Groupings)
Train Driver
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 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/G12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3863-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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