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High on the chalk downs …

Poster
1968 (issued)
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'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleHigh 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 createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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