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Kossovo Day

Poster
1916 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Kossovo Day Committee (issuer)
Partridge, John Bernard (Sir RI) (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Line-block poster printed in black on a white ground, advertising Kossovo Day - 'The Serbian National Day'. A central image depicts a group of figures, with a paragraph of text about 'Heroic Serbia' below.

Object details

Category
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleKossovo Day
Materials and techniques
Line-block printing
Line-Block
Brief description
'Kossovo Day'. Line-block poster printed in black on a white ground, advertising Kossovo Day - 'The Serbian National Day'. Designed by John Bernard Partridge and issued by the Kossovo Day Committee during the First World War, 1916.
Physical description
Line-block poster printed in black on a white ground, advertising Kossovo Day - 'The Serbian National Day'. A central image depicts a group of figures, with a paragraph of text about 'Heroic Serbia' below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.4cm
  • Width: 51cm
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
  • 'KOSSOVO DAY' (Lettered in bold in the centre of the top of the sheet.)
  • '1389 / 1916' (Dates lettered either side of the title.)
  • 'SERBIAN NATIONAL DAY' (Lettered below the title.)
  • 'HEROIC SERBIA' (Lettered below the image, above a paragraph of text.)
Credit line
Given by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subject depicted
Kossovo Day
Association
First World War
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/F12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.528-1916

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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