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See Britain by Train

Poster
1952 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Midland Region, British Railways (issuer)
Games, Abram (designer)
Place of origin
Britain (issued)

Colour poster

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleSee Britain by Train (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Lithography
Brief description
'See Britain by Train'. Poster designed by Abram Games and issued by the London Midland Region, British Railways. Colour lithograph, 1952.
Physical description
Colour poster
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.6cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
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
'A. Games' (Signed.)
Credit line
Given by the Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
Subject depicted
Transport
Associated object
E.320-1981 (Copy)
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 & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Other number
14/D6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.470-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O593469/see-britain-by-train-poster-games-abram/
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