The Broads
Poster
ca.1923 (issued)
ca.1923 (issued)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Frida Lingstrom had a very successful career in television after initially working as a freelance graphic designer from 1922. Her first clients were various railway companies including the London & North Eastern Railway, the Underground Group and the Norwegian state railway. In 1950, along with her partner, Maria Bird, she created Andy Pandy. This was followed up rapidly by The Flowerpot Men and other hit shows which led to her appointment as director of BBC Children's Television in 1951, a post she held until 1956. After the BBC she continued to write books for children and lived in Westerham, Kent until the age of 95.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Broads |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | 'The Broads'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Freda Lingstrom and issued by the London and North Eastern Railway, Great Britain, ca.1923. |
| Physical description | Colour lithograph poster, signed. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed. |
| Credit line | Given by the London and North Eastern Railway Company Ltd. |
| Object history | Eleven posters (E.641 to E.651-1923) were given to the Museum in the year of a poster exhibition held for three days at Beard Room, King's Cross, which was reported to give 'the key to the poster policy of the London and North-Eastern Railway.' Further information on these ten and other works included in the show can be found in a review in 'Commercial Art Volume 1 Issue: 11 October 1922 - October 1923 Page: 245'. |
| Place depicted | |
| Summary | Frida Lingstrom had a very successful career in television after initially working as a freelance graphic designer from 1922. Her first clients were various railway companies including the London & North Eastern Railway, the Underground Group and the Norwegian state railway. In 1950, along with her partner, Maria Bird, she created Andy Pandy. This was followed up rapidly by The Flowerpot Men and other hit shows which led to her appointment as director of BBC Children's Television in 1951, a post she held until 1956. After the BBC she continued to write books for children and lived in Westerham, Kent until the age of 95. |
| Associated object | |
| 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 | 25/C11 - V&A microfiche |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.646-1923 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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