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Morden

Poster
1929 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Perry, Heather ('Herry') (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Colour lithograph poster-map advertising the London Underground Railway, specifically around the area of Morden.

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Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Maps
Object type
Poster
TitleMorden
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Paper
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Morden', colour lithograph poster-map advertising the London Underground Railway, designed by Heather ('Herry') Perry and issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., London, 1929
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster-map advertising the London Underground Railway, specifically around the area of Morden.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.7cm
  • Width: 63.1cm
Measurements 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
'This map was made by Herry-Perry, and finished on the feast of S. Prisca the Martyr' (Inscribed)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Transport
Map
Place depicted
London
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
30/D9 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2269-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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