Alfriston
Poster
1931 (issued)
1931 (issued)
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| Place of origin |
Poster, view of the village of Alfriston on the South Downs, with church and Cuckmere river, in a style resembling pointilism.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Alfriston (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster, Alfriston. See Britain First First On Shell, by Vanessa Bell, issued by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd, colour lithograph, 1931 |
| Physical description | Poster, view of the village of Alfriston on the South Downs, with church and Cuckmere river, in a style resembling pointilism. |
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| Credit line | Given by G. W. Duncan |
| Object history | From a series of posters advertising locations which Britain’s growing population of motorists may wish to visit. Alfriston was close to Charleston, Bell's Sussex home. |
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| Associated object | E.429-1981 (Duplicate) |
| Bibliographic reference | 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 |
| Other number | 4/B2 - V&A microfiche |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1491-1931 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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