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St James's Park Tram services to Victoria & Westminster

Poster
1933 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London County Council Tramways (issuer)
Cusden, Leonard (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

'London’s Tramways: St James’s Park Tram services to Victoria & Westminster'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed and dated '1933'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleSt James's Park Tram services to Victoria & Westminster
Materials and techniques
colour lithograph print
Printing Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'London’s Tramways: St James’s Park Tram services to Victoria & Westminster'. Colour lithograph poster. Design by Leonard Cusden. Issued by London County Council Tramways. Great Britain. 1933.
Physical description
'London’s Tramways: St James’s Park Tram services to Victoria & Westminster'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed and dated '1933'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 72cm
  • Width: 36.5cm
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
(Signed and dated '1933'.)
Credit line
Given by the London County Council Tramways
Object history
The artist originally intended this poster to advertise the Zoo. See p.26, 'Tramway Art' by Riddell, Jonathan (Capital Transport Publishing, 2010) for images of the design having been augmented for a second purpose.
Subject depicted
Transport
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
10/D10 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1322-1933

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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