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Regent's Park

Poster
1937 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
Ormrod, Frank (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Colour lithograph poster advertising the London Passenger Transport Board. A stylised design depicting a bird flying over figures in a racing rowing boat. 'REGENT'S PARK' lettered in black below the image.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Posters
Maritime
Object type
Poster
TitleRegent's Park
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Regent's Park'. Colour lithograph poster with a stylised design depicting a bird flying over figures in a racing rowing boat. Designed by Frank Ormrod and issued by the London Passenger Transport Board, 1937.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising the London Passenger Transport Board. A stylised design depicting a bird flying over figures in a racing rowing boat. 'REGENT'S PARK' lettered in black below the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 99.8cm
  • Width: 62.8cm
Measurements 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
'Frank Ormrod'

Note
Signed.
Credit line
Given by the London Passenger Transport Board
Subjects depicted
Travel
Swan
Rowing Boat
Place depicted
Regent's Park
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 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
Other number
29/B8 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1139-1937

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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