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

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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.

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Categories	Advertising Prints Transport Entertainment & Leisure Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	For 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 created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O698003/for-the-zoo-book-to-poster-paine-charles/

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