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Good Night London … Good Morning Paris

Poster
1937 (designed), 1938 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Southern Railway (issuer)
Garretto (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Good Night London … Good Morning Paris'. Colour lithograph poster advertising ferry boat and sleeping cars between London and Paris. Signed and dated 1937.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleGood Night London … Good Morning Paris
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Good Night London … Good Morning Paris'. Colour lithograph poster. Designed by P. F. Garretto in 1937. Issued by the Southern Railway. Great Britain. 1938.
Physical description
'Good Night London … Good Morning Paris'. Colour lithograph poster advertising ferry boat and sleeping cars between London and Paris. Signed and dated 1937.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.6cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
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
(Signed and dated 1937.)
Credit line
Given by the Southern Railway Co.
Subject depicted
Transport
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
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938, London: Board of Education, 1939.
Other number
15/A8 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3058-1938

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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