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Bridlington

Poster
1926 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London and North Eastern Railway (issuer)
Higgins, Reginald Edward (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Bridlington'. Colour lithograph poster showing a group of people dressed in show costumes, walking around a high coastal path with a view across the beach to the harbour. A woman, dressed in a smart black dress, is skipping with a red and blue balloon in her hand and three men are dressed as Pierrots, in black and white costumes with green bobbles, are holding a large white banner. Signed.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Theatre
Object type
Poster
TitleBridlington
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Printing Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Bridlington'. Colour lithograph poster showing a group of Pierrots. Designed by Reginald Edward Higgins. Issued by the London and North Eastern Railway. Great Britain. ca.1926.
Physical description
'Bridlington'. Colour lithograph poster showing a group of people dressed in show costumes, walking around a high coastal path with a view across the beach to the harbour. A woman, dressed in a smart black dress, is skipping with a red and blue balloon in her hand and three men are dressed as Pierrots, in black and white costumes with green bobbles, are holding a large white banner. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100.7cm
  • Width: 125.7cm
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.
Credit line
Given by the London and North Eastern Railway Co., Ltd.
Subjects depicted
People
Clowns
Balloons
Banner
Place depicted
Bridlington
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
19/C9 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1017-1926

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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