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There's nothing like a good brisk walk on the Downs…

Poster
1963 (published), 1962 (designed)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Board (issued by)
Burningham, John Mackintosh (designer)
Place of origin
London (published)

Colour poster.

Object details

Categories
Transport
Advertising
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThere's nothing like a good brisk walk on the Downs… (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Offset Lithography
Brief description
'There's nothing like a good brisk walk on the Downs…' Poster advertising the 'Country Walks' books. Colour offset lithograph designed by John Mackintosh Burningham and issued by the London Transport Board, 1963.
Physical description
Colour poster.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 101.6cm
  • 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
'John Burningham 62' (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Given by the London Transport Board
Place depicted
The Downs
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
7/G2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1343-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O698073/theres-nothing-like-a-good-poster-burningham-john-mackintosh/
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