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Poster

ca.1951 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Orient Steam Navigation Company (issuer)
Johnston (designer)
Place of origin
Britain (issued)

Colour poster.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Lithography
Brief description
Poster advertising the Orient Line to Australia, via the Suez Canal. Colour lithograph designed by Tom (?) Johnston, and issued by the Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., ca.1951.
Physical description
Colour poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.6cm
  • Width: 63.2cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Marks and inscriptions
'John Syon' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by the Editor of Modern Publicity
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1892-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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