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Holiday Cruises To Mediterranean by R.M.S.P. "Arcadian"

Poster
ca.1923 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (issuer)
Newbould, Frank (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Holiday Cruises To Mediterranean by R.M.S.P. “Arcadian”'. Colour lithograph poster showing a view across a traditional Mediterranean town.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleHoliday Cruises To Mediterranean by R.M.S.P. "Arcadian"
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Holiday Cruises To Mediterranean by R.M.S.P. "Arcadian"'. Colour lithograph advertisement poster designed by Frank Newbould and issued by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, Great Britain, ca.1923.
Physical description
'Holiday Cruises To Mediterranean by R.M.S.P. “Arcadian”'. Colour lithograph poster showing a view across a traditional Mediterranean town.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100.6cm
  • Width: 62.9cm
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
  • 'Frank Newbould' (Signed.)
  • 'HOLIDAY CRUISES TO NORWAY / by R.M.S.P. / “Arcadian”' (Lettered in white below the image.)
Credit line
Given by Messrs. Sanders Phillips & Co., Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Holiday
Tourism
Village
Place depicted
Mediterranean Basin
Associated object
E.131-1924
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
28/D5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.132-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O767355/holiday-cruises-to-mediterranean-by-poster-newbould-frank/
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