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Summer for Roses. See London's Gardens.

Poster
1927 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Batty, Dora M. (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Poster advertising the London Underground Electric Railways, depicting a woman holding pink and white roses, with a banner reading 'Summer for Roses' behind her.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleSummer for Roses. See London's Gardens. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Poster advertising the London Underground Electric Railways, 'Summer for Roses. See London's Gardens', designed by Dora M. Batty, Great Britain, 1927
Physical description
Poster advertising the London Underground Electric Railways, depicting a woman holding pink and white roses, with a banner reading 'Summer for Roses' behind her.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.4cm
  • Width: 46.7cm
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 and dated 1927.
Credit line
Given by Mr C. G. Holmes
Subjects depicted
Summer
Travel
Roses
Women
Place depicted
London
Association
London Underground
Associated object
CIRC.454-1928 (Design)
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
3/B2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.501-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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