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A Wish

Poster
1916 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (issued by)
Clausen, George (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'A Wish'. Colour lithograph poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. during the First World War. Lettered with verses from Samuel Roger’s poem A Wish. Signed.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Posters
War
Object type
Poster
TitleA Wish
Materials and techniques
colour lithograph on paper
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'A Wish'. Colour lithograph poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. during the First World War. Lettered with verses from Samuel Roger’s poem 'A Wish'. Signed. Design by Sir George Clausen. Great Britain. 1916.
Physical description
'A Wish'. Colour lithograph poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. during the First World War. Lettered with verses from Samuel Roger’s poem A Wish. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101cm
  • Width: 62cm
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 Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd. (UERL)
Object history
This poster was distributed by London Underground Railways for use in huts and dug-outs in France, to remind soldiers of home.
Association
First World War
Literary reference<i>A Wish</i>, a poem by Samuel Roger.
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 and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1916-1918, London: HMSO, 1920.
Other number
8/F2 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2100-1917

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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