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The Devil's Chimney

Poster
1927 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Southern Railway (issuer)
Maxwell, Donald (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'The Devil's Chimney'. Colour lithograph poster depicting the limestone rock formation that stands above a disused quarry near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. There is a paragraph of text beneath the illustration.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Devil's Chimney (published title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'The Devil's Chimney'. Colour lithograph poster depicting the limestone rock formation that stands above a disused quarry near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Designed by Donald Maxwell and issued by the Southern Railway, Great Britain, 1927.
Physical description
'The Devil's Chimney'. Colour lithograph poster depicting the limestone rock formation that stands above a disused quarry near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. There is a paragraph of text beneath the illustration.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.1cm
  • Width: 63.2cm
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
Signed.
Credit line
Given by the Southern Railway Co.. Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Tourism
Quarry
Landscape
Rock Formation
Place depicted
Cheltenham
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 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Other number
26/F8 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.885-1927

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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