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Wild Birds

Poster
1948 (designed), 1948 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Executive (issuer)
Kelly, Richard Barrett Talbot (designer)
Place of origin
Greater London (issued)

Colour lithograph poster, signed and dated ''48', one of a series entitled 'Enjoy your London'.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Transport
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • Wild Birds (generic title)
  • Enjoy your London (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Wild Birds'. Colour lithograph poster, one of a series entitled 'Enjoy your London'. Designed by Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly and issued by the London Transport Executive, 1948.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster, signed and dated ''48', one of a series entitled 'Enjoy your London'.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 101.6cm
  • Size of sheet width: 62.9cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with the artist's device and dated ''48'
Object history
This poster is the pictorial sheet only and was issued with a separate sheet of letterpress.
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
23/E4 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1412-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O698014/wild-birds-poster-kelly-richard-barrett/
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