Travels in space on your doorstop

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Artist/Maker	London Passenger Transport Board (issued by) Ellis, Clifford (designer) Ellis, Rosemary (artist)
Place of origin	London (issued)

Colour poster.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Travels in space on your doorstop (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithography Lithographic Ink Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Travels in space on your doorstop'. Poster designed by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, issued by the London Passenger Transport Board, 1937.
Physical description	Colour poster.
Dimensions	Height: 97.8cm Width: 64.1cm Dimensions taken from: 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
Marks and inscriptions	'37' (Signed and dated)
Associated object	E.472-1953 (Series)
Bibliographic references	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 Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Other number	12/A7 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.473-1953

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O590953/travels-in-space-on-your-poster-ellis-clifford/

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