Changing the Guard

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Artist/Maker	Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by) Bawden, Edward (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

Poster advertising London Underground, depicting the Changing of the Guard at Horse Guards Parade, with the slogan 'Changing the Guard: London's Daily Military Tattoos'. The poster gives details of locations, times and nearest Underground stations for the Changing of the Guard.

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Categories	Prints Entertainment & Leisure Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Changing the Guard
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Paper (Fiber Product) Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Changing the Guard', poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd, colour lithograph, design by Edward Bawden, Great Britain, 1925
Physical description	Poster advertising London Underground, depicting the Changing of the Guard at Horse Guards Parade, with the slogan 'Changing the Guard: London's Daily Military Tattoos'. The poster gives details of locations, times and nearest Underground stations for the Changing of the Guard.
Dimensions	Height: 100.8cm Width: 63cm 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	Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted	Horses Soldiers Changing of the Guard
Place depicted	London
Bibliographic reference	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
Other number	3/C4 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1169-1925

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O763958/changing-the-guard-poster-bawden-edward/

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