King's Cross for Scotland

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Artist/Maker	London and North Eastern Railway (issuer) Cooper, Austin (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

Poster advertising the London and North Eastern Railway, with the slogan 'King's Cross for Scotland'.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters Scotland
Object type	Poster
Title	King's Cross for Scotland
Materials and techniques	Colour lithography Paper Colour Lithography
Brief description	'King's Cross for Scotland', colour lithograph poster, designed by Austin Cooper, Great Britain, 1928
Physical description	Poster advertising the London and North Eastern Railway, with the slogan 'King's Cross for Scotland'.
Dimensions	Height: 97.2cm Width: 63.2cm 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.)
Credit line	Given by the London and North Eastern Railway Co. Ltd.
Subject depicted	Rail Travel
Associations	King's Cross Scotland
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	9/A8 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.692-1929

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O754136/kings-cross-for-scotland-poster-cooper-austin/

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