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For the Zoo, Book to Regent's Park or Camden Town

Poster
1921 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Paine, Charles (designer)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Colour lithograph poster with an illustration of four penguins standing together on a rock, facing to the left of the image, against a pale-yellow background. 'FOR THE ZOO, BOOK / TO REGENT'S PARK / OR CAMDEN TOWN' is lettered below the image in black with the London Underground logo.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Transport
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleFor the Zoo, Book to Regent's Park or Camden Town (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'For the Zoo, Book to Regent's Park or Camden Town'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Charles Paine and issued by the London London Underground Electric Railways Co., 1921.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster with an illustration of four penguins standing together on a rock, facing to the left of the image, against a pale-yellow background. 'FOR THE ZOO, BOOK / TO REGENT'S PARK / OR CAMDEN TOWN' is lettered below the image in black with the London Underground logo.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 40cm
  • Size of sheet width: 25cm
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
  • 'CPaine' (Signed)
  • 'FOR THE ZOO, BOOK / TO REGENT'S PARK / OR CAMDEN TOWN' (Lettered below the image in black with the London Underground logo.)
Subject depicted
Penguins
Places depicted
Camden
Regent's Park
London Zoo
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • 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
29/D1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1425-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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