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Free Trade

Poster
1906 (issued)
Artist/Maker
David Allen & Sons (printers (people))
The National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations (publisher)
Kennington, Thomas Benjamin (artist)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Colour half-tone print political poster satirising an issue in the general election of 1906, reproducing an oil painting by Thomas Benjamin Kennington. Signed 'T.B. Kennington' and numbered '173'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Politics
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleFree Trade
Materials and techniques
Colour half-tone
Colour Half-Tone Print
Brief description
'Free Trade'. Political poster satirising an issue in the general election of 1906. A reproduction of an oil painting by Thomas Benjamin Kennington, R.B.A., published by the National Union of Conservative & Constitutional Associations, Westminster, London, 1906.
Physical description
Colour half-tone print political poster satirising an issue in the general election of 1906, reproducing an oil painting by Thomas Benjamin Kennington. Signed 'T.B. Kennington' and numbered '173'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.8cm
  • Width: 102.1cm
Dimensions taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'T.B. Kennington' (Signed)
  • '173' (and numbered)
Production
Printed by David Allen & Sons, Ltd. 180, Fleet Street, E.C.
Subjects depicted
Satire
Politics
Trade
Politics
General Election 1906
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 numbers
  • 173 - numbered on sheet
  • 23/G6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.188-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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