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Poster

1931 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A colour lithograph poster depicting a crowd of fashionable young men and women, some standing and some seated around tables. In the background a jazz band is playing (including a man on the grand piano and several men playing brass instruments) and a woman in a blue dress is dancing.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph on paper
Brief description
Poster by Harold Sandys Williamson, 'Why not the thrilling 'thirties?' advertising the London Underground Electric Railways, colour lithograph, Britain, 1931
Physical description
A colour lithograph poster depicting a crowd of fashionable young men and women, some standing and some seated around tables. In the background a jazz band is playing (including a man on the grand piano and several men playing brass instruments) and a woman in a blue dress is dancing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40in
  • Width: 25in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Marks and inscriptions
'H. S. Williamson.' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by the Underground Electric Railways Co.
Subjects depicted
Association
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Collection
Accession number
E.123-1932

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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