The Naturalist finds London an ideal capital

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Artist/Maker	London Transport Board (issued by) Chapman, Gaynor Patricia (designer)
Place of origin	London (issued)

Colour poster.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	The Naturalist finds London an ideal capital (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithography and letterpress Offset Lithography Letterpress
Brief description	'The Naturalist finds London an ideal capital'. Colour offset lithograph and letterpress poster advertising the 'Country Walks' books, issued by the London Transport Board. Designed by Gaynor Patricia Chapman 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	'Gaynor Chapman' (Signed.)
Credit line	Given by the London Transport Board
Object history	This poster advertises the Country Walks books and Rover tickets, issued by the London Transport Board, 1963.
Place depicted	London
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	8/D8 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1099-1963

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O698414/the-naturalist-finds-london-an-poster-chapman-gaynor-patricia/

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