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Easter tide

Poster
1934 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
M&S Ltd. (Printed and published)
Batty, Dora M. (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Image showing a deer in white, brown with red spots, running towards left while facing behind. Behind, a branch with turquoise and brown leaves, and on either side above, two birds holding up a ribbon, red on one side and brown and white checked pattern on the other. On the red side of the ribbon is the word EASTER TIDE. Dated 1934 in turquoise type with London Transport logo and strapline below.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleEaster tide
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Easter tide'; Poster; Colour lithograph; Dated; Design by Dora M. Batty; Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.; Great Britain; 1934.
Physical description
Image showing a deer in white, brown with red spots, running towards left while facing behind. Behind, a branch with turquoise and brown leaves, and on either side above, two birds holding up a ribbon, red on one side and brown and white checked pattern on the other. On the red side of the ribbon is the word EASTER TIDE. Dated 1934 in turquoise type with London Transport logo and strapline below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.5cm
  • Width: 30.8cm
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
Marks and inscriptions
  • 19 34 (Date, part of design, split in half on either side below ribbon)
  • EVERYWHERE BY [within logo-] LONDON TRANSPORT
  • 34 918 (Numbered lower left)
  • W&S LTD. (Lower right)
  • Batty (Within image top right)
  • EASTER TIDE (Within ribbon in image)
Credit line
Given by the London Passenger Transport Board.
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
3/B6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1548-1934

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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