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Poster

1966 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Executive (issuer)
Eckersley, Tom (OBE) (designer)
Place of origin
London (issued)

'In 1871 Cutty Sark, heavily laden with the first tea crop, raced from Shanghai in 108 days'. Colour offset lithograph poster advertising the free leaflet A Day Out at Greenwich, issued by the London Transport Executive. Signed.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithography
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'In 1871 Cutty Sark ...'. Colour offset lithograph poster advertising the free leaflet 'A Day Out at Greenwich'. Designed by Tom Eckersley (OBE). Issued by the London Transport Executive. Great Britain. 1966.
Physical description
'In 1871 Cutty Sark, heavily laden with the first tea crop, raced from Shanghai in 108 days'. Colour offset lithograph poster advertising the free leaflet A Day Out at Greenwich, issued by the London Transport Executive. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
Taken from 'Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966' published by HMSO 1967
Marks and inscriptions
Eckersley

Note
Signed
Place depicted
Greenwich
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 pub. HMSO 1967
  • 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
11/F8 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2473-1966

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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