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Why Not Send It Luggage In Advance

Poster
ca. 1929 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London and North Eastern Railway (issued by)
Bateman, Henry Mayo (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Signed poster advertising the London and North Eastern Railway, with the caption 'Why Not Send It Luggage In Advance'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleWhy Not Send It Luggage In Advance (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Poster, 'Why Not Send It Luggage In Advance', designed by Henry Mayo Bateman, issued by the London and North Eastern Railway, England, ca. 1929
Physical description
Signed poster advertising the London and North Eastern Railway, with the caption 'Why Not Send It Luggage In Advance'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 98.6cm
  • Width: 62.8cm
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.
Subject depicted
Transport
Association
London and North Eastern Railway
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 and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Other number
2/G2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2249-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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