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Bookbinding of every description ...

Poster
c.1900-1909 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Arden Press (issued by)
Gill, Arthur Eric Rowton (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

A text-only lithograph print poster, in black and red on a white ground. 'BOOKBINDING of every description is done by W. H. SMITH & SON in their own Workshops. Prices &c. can be obtained here.


Object details

Categories
Posters
Typography
Object type
Poster
TitleBookbinding of every description ...
Materials and techniques
Lithograph print in red and black
Lithography
Brief description
'BOOKBINDING of every description is done by W. H. SMITH & SON in their own Workshops ... '. A text-only lithograph print poster, in black and red on a white ground. Designed by Arthur Eric Rowton Gill. Great Britain. c.1900-09.
Physical description
A text-only lithograph print poster, in black and red on a white ground. 'BOOKBINDING of every description is done by W. H. SMITH & SON in their own Workshops. Prices &c. can be obtained here.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.4cm
  • Width: 55.4cm
Dimensions taken from: 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
Marks and inscriptions
BOOKBINDING / of every description is done by / W. H. SMITH & SON / in their own Workshops. / Prices &c. can be obtained here. (Text of design.)
Credit line
Given by the Arden Press
Historical context
For posters with lettering that follows the alphabet designed by Gill for W. H. Smith & Son in 1905-6, see E.3711-3713, 3715-3724-1913.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Malhotra, R. and Thon, C., eds. Das frühe Plakat in Europa und den USA: Ein Bestandskatalog, Band I, Grossbritannien; Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika. Berlin. 1973.
Other number
15/D12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3710-1913

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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