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"There's a Transport of Joy at the Zoo"

Poster
1933 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
Dupas, Jean-Théodore (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

"There's a Transport of Joy at the Zoo". Colour lithograph poster. Signed.

Object details

Categories
Posters
Entertainment & Leisure
Transport
Prints
Object type
Poster
Title"There's a Transport of Joy at the Zoo"
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
"There's a Transport of Joy at the Zoo". Colour lithograph poster. Design by Jean-Théodore. Issued by the London Passenger Transport Board. England. 1933.
Physical description
"There's a Transport of Joy at the Zoo". Colour lithograph poster. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.1cm
  • Width: 63.4cm
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


Note
Signed.
Credit line
Given by the Underground Electric Railways Co.
Subject depicted
Transport
Place depicted
London Zoo
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 & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1933, London: Printed under the Authority of the Board of Education 1934
Other number
11/C8 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1491-1933

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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