Out and About by London Transport

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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?).

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

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