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The "Rocket" of Mr. Stephenson of Newcastle, 1829

Poster
1922 (designed), 1922 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Kauffer, Edward McKnight (designer)
Place of origin
Greater London (issued)

'The "Rocket" of Mr. Stephenson of Newcastle, 1829, at the Museum of Science, South Kensington'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the Science Museum. Signed and dated.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Transport
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe "Rocket" of Mr. Stephenson of Newcastle, 1829 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'The "Rocket" of Mr. Stephenson of Newcastle, 1829'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the Science Museum, London. Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., Great Britain, 1922.
Physical description
'The "Rocket" of Mr. Stephenson of Newcastle, 1829, at the Museum of Science, South Kensington'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the Science Museum. Signed and dated.
Dimensions
  • From departmental notes height: 102.07cm
  • From departmental notes width: 63.5cm
  • (cut to) see notes field height: 95.6cm
  • (cut to) see notes field width: 62.2cm
Second pair of 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. McK. Kauffer '22' (Signed and dated.)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Historical context
Stephenson's Rocket was an early steam locomotive built in Newcastle Upon Tyne at the Forth Street Works of Robert Stephenson and Company in 1829.
Subjects depicted
Transport
Travel
Stephenson's Rocket
Associated objects
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
21/D3 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.95-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O767389/the-rocket-of-mr-stephenson-poster-kauffer-edward-mcknight/
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