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Havens & Harbours. No.5 Aberdeen

Poster
1931 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London and North Eastern Railway (issued by)
Mason, Frank R. I. (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster depicting Aberdeen Harbour on a clear day, with a large sailing ship visible in the background.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Scotland
Object type
Poster
TitleHavens & Harbours. No.5 Aberdeen (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Havens and Harbours. No. 5. Aberdeen'. One of a series of six colour lithograph posters designed by Frank Henry Mason and issued by the London and North Eastern Railway, Great Britain, 1931.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster depicting Aberdeen Harbour on a clear day, with a large sailing ship visible in the background.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 102.2cm
  • Size of sheet width: 63.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'Frank H. Mason' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Harbour
Sailing Ship
Place depicted
Aberdeen
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
26/F2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1417-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O698010/havens--harbours-no5-aberdeen-poster-mason-frank-r/
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