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The Lake District

Poster
1925 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Midland and Scottish Railway (issued by)
Birch, Samuel John Lamorna (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'The Lake District'; Poster issued by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway; Colour lithograph; Signed.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Scotland
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Lake District (published title)
Materials and techniques
colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'The Lake District'; Poster; Colour lithograph; Signed; Design by Samuel John Lamorna Birch; Issued by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway; Great Britain; c.1926.
Physical description
'The Lake District'; Poster issued by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway; Colour lithograph; Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100cm
  • Width: 125.6cm
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, Midland and Scottish Railway Co., Ltd
Associated objects
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 1926, London: Board of Education, 1927.
Other number
4/C9 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1639-1926

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O761646/the-lake-district-poster-birch-samuel-john/
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