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October Songs

Poster
1967 (published)
Artist/Maker
Osiris Agency Ltd. (publisher)
Marshall, John Austin (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Colour screen-print poster advertising a concert of folk music (the line-up including The Incredible String Band) at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, 4 October 1967. The design is in the Art Nouveau style, in yellow, orange, pink and brown.
lettered with name of artist, 'John Austin Marshall', etc., and numbered 'OA 127'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Music
Object type
Poster
TitleOctober Songs (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour screen-print
Screen Printing
Brief description
'October Songs'. Colour screen-print poster advertising a concert of folk music at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Designed by John Austin Marshall and published by Osiris Agency Ltd., London, 1967.
Physical description
Colour screen-print poster advertising a concert of folk music (the line-up including The Incredible String Band) at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, 4 October 1967. The design is in the Art Nouveau style, in yellow, orange, pink and brown.
lettered with name of artist, 'John Austin Marshall', etc., and numbered 'OA 127'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Style
Art Nouveau
Marks and inscriptions
'OA 127' (Numbered)
Subjects depicted
Art Nouveau
Figures
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/C5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.27-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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