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Trooping the Colour June 3rd

Poster
1922 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster advertising Trooping the Colour at Horse Guards Parade, London. The design features a stylised illustration of two foot guards wearing their traditional red coats and bearskins in the midst of Trooping the Colour. The ground they are standing on is blue with a white and red diagonal stripe, emulating part of the Union Flag.


Object details

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Object type
TitleTrooping the Colour June 3rd
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Colour lithograph poster advertising Trooping the Colour at Horse Guards Parade, London. Designed by Charles Paine and issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd., 1922.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising Trooping the Colour at Horse Guards Parade, London. The design features a stylised illustration of two foot guards wearing their traditional red coats and bearskins in the midst of Trooping the Colour. The ground they are standing on is blue with a white and red diagonal stripe, emulating part of the Union Flag.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.6cm
  • Width: 63.2cm
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
  • 'C. Paine' (Signed.)
  • 'TROOPING THE / COLOUR JUNE 3RD / HORSE GUARDS PARADE' (Start of text lettered below the illustration.)
Credit line
Presented by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted
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
29/D8 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.1089-1922

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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