The Coronation

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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.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	The 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 created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O590937/the-coronation-poster-zinkeisen-doris-clare/

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