High on the chalk downs …

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Artist/Maker	London Transport Board (issued by) Hill, Christopher (artist)
Place of origin	London (issued)

'High on the chalk downs …'. Poster advertising one of the Country Walks books, issued by the London Transport Board. Signed 'Christopher Hill'.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	High on the chalk downs …
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithography and letterpress Printing Ink Colour Offset Lithography Letterpress Printing
Brief description	'High on the chalk downs...' Poster advertising the latest 'Country Walks' book. Design by Christopher (Berkeley) Hill. Colour offset lithography and letterpress. Issued by the London Transport Board, 1968.
Physical description	'High on the chalk downs …'. Poster advertising one of the Country Walks books, issued by the London Transport Board. Signed 'Christopher Hill'.
Dimensions	Size of sheet height: 101cm Size of sheet 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	'Christopher Hill' (Signed.)
Credit line	Given by the London Transport Board
Subject depicted	Landscapes (Representations)
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	19/F5 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.786-1968

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O692633/high-on-the-chalk-downs-poster-hill-christopher/

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