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The Coronation

Poster
1937 (made)
Artist/Maker
London and North Eastern Railway (issuer)
Zinkeisen, Doris Clare (designer)
Place of origin
Britain (issued)

Poster with an illustration of a locomotive and train.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Coronation (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'The Coronation'. Poster designed by Doris Clare Zinkeisen, colour lithograph, Britain, 1937.
Physical description
Poster with an illustration of a locomotive and train.
Dimensions
  • Height: 95.9cm
  • Width: 121.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Doris Zinkeisen. 1937' (Signed and dated)
  • 'The "Coronation" Streamline Train 1937' (Inscribed within the design)
Object history
The locomotive and train illustrated on the poster was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley to commemorate the coronation of George VI in 1937.
Subject depicted
Locomotives
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Other number
C.13471 - Previous number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.489-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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