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Boxhill

Poster
1935 (designed), 1935 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
James, Margaret Calkin (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

'Boxhill'. Colour lithograph poster.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleBoxhill
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Printing Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Boxhill'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Margaret Calkin James. Issued by the London Passenger Transport Board, England, 1935.
Physical description
'Boxhill'. Colour lithograph poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100.5cm
  • Width: 63.7cm
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 '35'.
Credit line
Given by the London Passenger Transport Board.
Places depicted
Box Hill (Surrey)
Surrey
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 1936, London: Board of Education, 1937.
Other number
20/E4 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.10-1936

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O736551/boxhill-poster-james-margaret-calkin/
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