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Autumn is the time for the woods …

Poster
1964 (designed), 1964 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Board (issued by)
Madon, Nari Coswasji (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster advertising London Transport's 'Country Walks' books. The design depicts an autumnal woodland scene, including a robin perched on a tree branch, with text running below the image: Autumn is the time for the woods … .
Signed and dated 'Nari Madon '64'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleAutumn is the time for the woods …
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Autumn is the time for the woods …' Colour offset lithograph poster advertising London Transports 'Country Walks' books. Designed by Nari Madon and issued by the London Transport Board in 1964.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster advertising London Transport's 'Country Walks' books. The design depicts an autumnal woodland scene, including a robin perched on a tree branch, with text running below the image: Autumn is the time for the woods … .
Signed and dated 'Nari Madon '64'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.6cm
  • Width: 64.8cm
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
'Nari Madon '64' (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Given by the London Transport Board
Subjects depicted
Autumn
Autumn
Walking
Woods
Trees
Robin
Associated object
E.1100-1963
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964 published by HMSO 1965
  • 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/A3 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.523-1964

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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