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It's Quicker by Rail - East Coast

Poster
circa 1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sharp, Dorothea (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Landscape format poster depicting young children paddling in rock pools at the beach advertising the London and North Eastern Railway.

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Object details

Categories
Posters
Prints
Tourism & Travel
Object type
Poster
TitleIt's Quicker by Rail - East Coast (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph, paper
Paper
Ink
Colour Lithograph
Brief description
Poster advertising East Coast rail services, designed by Dorothea Sharp. Great Britain, circa 1933.
Physical description
Landscape format poster depicting young children paddling in rock pools at the beach advertising the London and North Eastern Railway.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.2cm
  • Width: 124.6cm
  • Sheet height: 1260mm
  • Sheet width: 1007mm
The dimensions are taken from: 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
Credit line
Given by the London and North eastern Railway Co., Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Train
Railway
Coastline
Places depicted
London
Northumberland
Bibliographic reference
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
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2250-1934

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O740100/its-quicker-by-rail--poster-sharp-dorothea/
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