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While you sleep, London-Paris by Train-Ferry

Poster
c.1937 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Southern Railway (issued by)
Brown, George Massiott (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'While you sleep, London-Paris by Train-Ferry'. Poster issued by the Southern Railway. Colour lithograph.

Object details

Categories
Transport
Advertising
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleWhile <i>you</i> sleep, London-Paris by Train-Ferry
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'While you sleep, London-Paris by Train-Ferry'. Poster issued by the Southern Railway. Colour lithograph. George Massiott Brown. Great Britain. c.1937.
Physical description
'While you sleep, London-Paris by Train-Ferry'. Poster issued by the Southern Railway. Colour lithograph.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.1cm
  • Width: 63.4cm
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
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 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
Other number
7/C3 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.715-1937

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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