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Alright! I'll go

Poster
1934 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Southern Railway (issuer)
Nisbet, Les (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph advertisement poster advertising the Southern Railway. The design depicts a hand holding an alarm clock to the face of a young, dark-haired, male who is lying under bedcovers. The text 'Alright! I'll go -' is lettered on a diagonal above him and 'SOUTHER ELECTRIC' is lettered below. All against a pale ground.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleAlright! I'll go (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Alright! I'll go - Southern Electric'. Colour lithograph advertisement poster advertising the Southern Railway. Designed by Les Nisbet and issued by the Southern Railway, Great Britain, 1934.
Physical description
Colour lithograph advertisement poster advertising the Southern Railway. The design depicts a hand holding an alarm clock to the face of a young, dark-haired, male who is lying under bedcovers. The text 'Alright! I'll go -' is lettered on a diagonal above him and 'SOUTHER ELECTRIC' is lettered below. All against a pale ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101cm
  • Width: 63.2cm
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
  • 'Alright! I'll go -' (Text of design, lettered on a diagonal above the image.)
  • 'SOUTHER ELECTRIC' (Text of design, lettered below the image.)
Subjects depicted
Travel
Boy
Alarm Clock
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 & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Other number
28/G10 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3472-1934

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O739050/alright-ill-go-poster-nisbet-les/
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