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Shap Fell...The Route of the Royal Scot

Poster
ca.1925 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London, Midland and Scottish Railway (issuer)
Maxwell, Donald (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster depicting a landscape view of Shap Fell, Cumbria. Signed 'Donald Maxwell'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Scotland
Object type
Poster
TitleShap Fell...The Route of the Royal Scot (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Shap Fell...The route of the Royal Scot.' Colour lithograph poster depicting a landscape view of Shap Fell, Cumbria. Design by Donald Maxwell, issued by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Great Britain, ca.1925.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster depicting a landscape view of Shap Fell, Cumbria. Signed 'Donald Maxwell'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.2cm
  • Width: 126.4cm
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
'Donald Maxwell' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Trees
Fell
Landscapes (Representations)
Place depicted
Shap
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
26/F6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.190-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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