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Artist/Maker	London and North Eastern Railway (issuer) Grainger, Tom (artist) Johnson, Andrew (artist)
Place of origin	England (issued)

'Northumberland'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Northumberland
Materials and techniques	Colour lithography Printing Ink Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Northumberland'. Colour lithograph poster. Designed by Tom Grainger and Andrew Johnson. Issued by the London and North Eastern Railway. England. c.1923.
Physical description	'Northumberland'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed.
Dimensions	Height: 100.9cm Width: 124.6cm 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 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'.
Subject depicted	Travel
Place depicted	Northumberland
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	16/C9 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.643-1923

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O771673/northumberland-poster-grainger-tom/

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