Request to view

This object can be requested via email from the Prints & Drawings Study Room

Image of Gallery in South Kensington

We don’t have an image of this object online yet.

More about images

V&A Images may have a photograph that we can’t show online, but it may be possible to supply one to you. Email us at vaimages@vam.ac.uk for guidance about fees and timescales, quoting the accession number: E.2704-1962

Be Map Conscious

Poster
1945 (published)
Artist/Maker
London Transport Executive (publisher)
Lewitt-Him (design studio)
Place of origin
London (published)

'Be Map Conscious'. Colour lithograph poster, signed and dated 'Lewitt-Him 45'.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Transport
Posters
Maps
Object type
Poster
TitleBe Map Conscious (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Be Map Conscious'. Colour lithograph poster designed by the Lewitt-Him Studio and issued by the London Transport Executive, Great Britain, 1945.
Physical description
'Be Map Conscious'. Colour lithograph poster, signed and dated 'Lewitt-Him 45'.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 61.6cm
  • Size of sheet width: 50.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'Lewitt-Him 45' (Signed and dated)
Subject depicted
Maps
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
25/C2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2704-1962

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O699891/be-map-conscious-poster-lewitt-him/
Download as: JSON