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Tower Bridge provides a monument of high drama …

Poster
1964 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Board (issued by)
Farleigh, John Frederick William Charles CBE (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

'Tower Bridge provides a monument of high drama …' Offset lithograph poster with letterpress. Signed 'John Farleigh'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleTower Bridge provides a monument of high drama …
Materials and techniques
printing
Letterpress
Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Tower Bridge provides a monument of high drama …' Offset lithograph poster with letterpress, designed by John Frederick William Charles Farleigh. Issued by the London Transport Board, 1964.
Physical description
'Tower Bridge provides a monument of high drama …' Offset lithograph poster with letterpress. Signed 'John Farleigh'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.6cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
Taken from: 'Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964' published by HMSO 1965
Marks and inscriptions
John Farleigh (Signed.)
Credit line
Given by the London Transport Board
Subjects depicted
Tourism
Transport
Places depicted
London
Tower Bridge
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
12/D7 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.330-1964

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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