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The Umpire Coach

Poster
c.1928 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London and North Eastern Railway (issuer)
Cooper, Austin (artist)
Davies, Randall (writer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour woodcut print poster with a text composed by Randall Davies.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Tourism & Travel
Transport
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Umpire Coach (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodcut print
Paper
Wood-Cutting
Brief description
Poster designed by Austin Cooper, issued by the London and North Eastern Railway, with a text composed by Randall Davies, 'The Umpire Coach', colour woodcut, Great Britain, ca. 1928
Physical description
Colour woodcut print poster with a text composed by Randall Davies.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75cm
  • Width: 49.4cm
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
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 & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Other number
9/A11 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.931-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O756764/the-umpire-coach-poster-cooper-austin/
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