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The Lakes in London's Parks

Poster
1962 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Executive (issuer)
Millett, Fred (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster promoting the lakes in London's public parks.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Lakes in London's Parks (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'The Lakes in London's Parks'. Colour offset lithograph poster designed by Fred Millett and issued by the London Transport Executive, 1962.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster promoting the lakes in London's public parks.
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 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'Fred Millett' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by the London Transport Executive
Subjects depicted
Lakes
Parks
Place depicted
London
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. 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
27/A9 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2970-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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