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East Coast Frolics

Poster
ca.1932-33 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London and North Eastern Railway (issuer)
Newbould, Frank (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster advertising the London and North Eastern Railway. The design depicts a green and blue fish wearing a white top hat and playing a saxophone, with a crab standing behind it wearing a similar hat and playing a banjo, all against a dark ground.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Anthropomorphism
Paintings
Images Online
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • East Coast Frolics (series title)
  • 'Those Drier Side Blues'
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'East Coast Frolics. No. 6 'Those Drier Side Blues''. Colour lithograph poster depicting a green and blue fish playing a saxophone and a crab playing a banjo. Designed by Frank Newbould and issued by the London and North Eastern Railway, Great Britain, 1933.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising the London and North Eastern Railway. The design depicts a green and blue fish wearing a white top hat and playing a saxophone, with a crab standing behind it wearing a similar hat and playing a banjo, all against a dark ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 99cm
  • Width: 64cm
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
  • Signed.
  • 'East Coast / frolics' (Lettered in yellow at the bottom of the image, as part of the design.)
  • 'TRAVEL CHEAPLY by L.N.E.R.' (Lettered along the bottom edge of the sheet.)
Subjects depicted
Anthropomorphism
The Blues
Fish
Saxophone
Crab
Banjo
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
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
Other number
28/F3 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.210-1935

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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