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May Day, Hyde Park By Underground

Poster
1924 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Burrell, Kathleen (designer)
Kearley, B. (designer)
Place of origin
London (issued)

'May Day, Hyde Park By Underground'. Colour lithograph panel poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. Signed.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleMay Day, Hyde Park By Underground (published title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'May Day, Hyde Park By Underground'. Colour lithograph panel poster. Signed. Designed by Kathleen Burrell and B. Kearley. Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. 1924.
Physical description
'May Day, Hyde Park By Underground'. Colour lithograph panel poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.1cm
  • Width: 50.7cm
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 Messrs. Sanders Phillips & Co. Ltd.
Subject depicted
Transport
Place depicted
Hyde Park
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 & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926.
Other number
7/G10 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.137-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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