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The West-End is awakening ...

Poster
1931 (designed), 1931 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Dinkel, Ernest Michael (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

'The West-End is awakening – And once again there is everything for your pleasure'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed and dated.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe West-End is awakening ...
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph print
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'The West-End is awakening – And once again there is everything for your pleasure'. Colour lithograph poster. Design by Ernest Michael Dinkel. Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. Great Britain. 1931.
Physical description
'The West-End is awakening – And once again there is everything for your pleasure'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed and dated.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.5cm
  • Width: 62.4cm
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
(Signed and dated '1931'.)
Credit line
General by the Underground Electric Railways Co.
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 Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
Other number
10/G9 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3337-1932

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O743704/the-west-end-is-awakening-poster-dinkel-ernest-michael/
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