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Round London Sightseeing Tours

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

'Round London Sightseeing Tours'. Colour lithograph poster advertising hourly sightseeing tours round the City and West End of London. Signed 'A.Games'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleRound London Sightseeing Tours (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Round London Sightseeing Tours'. Colour lithograph poster advertising hourly sightseeing tours round the City and West End of London. Designed by Abram Games. Issued by the London Transport Board, 1968.
Physical description
'Round London Sightseeing Tours'. Colour lithograph poster advertising hourly sightseeing tours round the City and West End of London. Signed 'A.Games'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100.9cm
  • 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
'A.Games' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by the London Transport Board
Object history
This poster is reproduced as No.3, P.32 of 'Modern Publicity' London, 1968/9.
Subject depicted
Tourism
Place depicted
London
Associated object
E.317-1981 (Duplicate)
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
14/E12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.407-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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