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Holiday Cruises To Norway 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 Norway by R.M.S.P. “Arcadian"'. Colour lithograph poster showing an area of water with large cliffs rising up either side of it and some small houses in the foreground.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleHoliday Cruises To Norway by R.M.S.P. "Arcadian"
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Holiday Cruises To Norway 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 Norway by R.M.S.P. “Arcadian"'. Colour lithograph poster showing an area of water with large cliffs rising up either side of it and some small houses in the foreground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101cm
  • Width: 62.5cm
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
Tourism
Travel
HOLIDAY
Houses
Cliffs
Associated object
E.132-1924
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/D4 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.131-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O767356/holiday-cruises-to-norway-by-poster-newbould-frank/
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