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The "Rocket" of Mr. Stephenson of Newcastle, 1829

Poster Design
1922 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Original design for the poster 'The "Rocket" of Mr. Stephenson of Newcastle, 1829, at the Museum of Science, South Kensington' [see E.95-1924], featuring an illustration of Stephenson's locomotive, the "Rocket". Signed and dated.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster design
TitleThe "Rocket" of Mr. Stephenson of Newcastle, 1829 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tempera and body colour
Tempera
Tempera
Brief description
Original design for the poster 'The "Rocket" of Mr. Stephenson of Newcastle, 1829'. Design by Edward McKnight Kauffer for a poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., Great Britain, 1922.
Physical description
Original design for the poster 'The "Rocket" of Mr. Stephenson of Newcastle, 1829, at the Museum of Science, South Kensington' [see E.95-1924], featuring an illustration of Stephenson's locomotive, the "Rocket". Signed and dated.
Dimensions
  • From departmental notes height: 51.4cm
  • From departmental notes width: 32.7cm
  • See notes field height: 53.7cm
  • See notes field width: 36.2cm
Second pair of 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
'E. McK. Kauffer '22' (Signed and dated.)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Transport
Museum
Locomotive
Stephenson's Rocket
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
21/D8 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1007-1926

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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