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'And because the breath of flowers...'

Poster
1968 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Board (issued by)
Grose, Louise (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster with lettering beginning 'And because the breath of flowers...', advertising the free leaflet Flowers in London, issued by the London Transport Board. Lettered 'Louise Grose'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
Title'And because the breath of flowers...' (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithography
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'And because the breath of flowers...' Colour offset lithograph poster advertising the free leaflet 'Flowers in London', issued by the London Transport Board. Design by Louise Grose. Great Britain. 1968.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster with lettering beginning 'And because the breath of flowers...', advertising the free leaflet Flowers in London, issued by the London Transport Board. Lettered 'Louise Grose'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Marks and inscriptions
'Louise Grose' (Lettered.)
Credit line
Given by the London Transport Board
Subject depicted
Flowers (Plants)
Place depicted
London
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
  • 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
Other number
16/F1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.787-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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