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Where tides of grass break into foam of flowers

Poster
1937 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
Farleigh, John Frederick William Charles (C.B.E.) (artist)
Place of origin
England (issued)

'Where tides of grass break into foam of flowers (Swinburne)'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Posters
Advertising
Tourism & Travel
Object type
Poster
TitleWhere tides of grass break into foam of flowers
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Where tides of grass break into foam of flowers'. Colour lithograph poster featuring a quote from 'Laus Veneris' by the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne. Designed by John Frederick William Charles Farleigh. Issued by the London Passenger Transport Board. England. 1937.
Physical description
'Where tides of grass break into foam of flowers (Swinburne)'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101cm
  • Width: 63.2cm
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


Note
Signed.
Credit line
Given by the London Passenger Transport Board
Historical context
The quote 'Where tides of grass break into foam of flowers' is taken from the poem 'Laus Veneris' (c.1866) by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909).
Subjects depicted
Poetry
Quotations (Texts)
Association
Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Associated object
E.139-1961 (Series)
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
12/C4 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1137-1937

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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