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Out and About by London Transport

Poster
1950 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Executive (issuer)
Nicholls, Denys Arthur (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Colour lithograph poster showing a scrolled gold frame containing: a stained-glass window of a saint; a drawing on paper of a armoured soldier with his hands together; a figure in colourful robes (possibly from a fresco?).

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Christianity
Posters
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • Out and About by London Transport (series title)
  • Country Churches
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Out and About by London Transport: Country Churches'. Colour lithograph poster showing a scrolled gold frame containing decorative Chrisitain imagery. Designed by Denys Arthur Nicholls and issued by the London Transport Executive, 1950.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster showing a scrolled gold frame containing: a stained-glass window of a saint; a drawing on paper of a armoured soldier with his hands together; a figure in colourful robes (possibly from a fresco?).
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.6cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
Measurements 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
Signed
Subjects depicted
Christianity
Saint
Stained Glass
Soldier
Armour
Frame
Volutes
Associated object
E.154A-1950 (Set)
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 1950, London: HMSO, 1962.
Other number
28/F9 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.154-1950

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O595944/out-and-about-by-london-poster-nicholls-denys-arthur/
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