On loan

  • On short term loan out for exhibition

In Watford

Poster Design
1915 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (designer)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Original design for a poster.

Object details

Categories
Designs
Transport
Advertising
Drawings
Object type
Poster design
TitleIn Watford (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tempera
Tempera
Brief description
'In Watford'. Original design by E. McKnight Kauffer for a poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1915.
Physical description
Original design for a poster.
Dimensions
  • Board height: 90.2cm
  • Board width: 60.1cm
  • Image height: 755mm
  • Image width: 506mm
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 McKnight Kauffer' (Signed)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Place depicted
Watford
Associated object
E.4279-1915 (Reproduction)
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
20/A1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1005-1926

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O762208/in-watford-poster-design-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
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