Beecham Records Exclusive to Columbia

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Artist/Maker	Columbia Records (issuer)
Place of origin	Britain (made) USA (made)

Beecham Records Exclusive to Columbia. Lithograph poster of a portrait bust of the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961), monochromatically rendered to harden the otherwise ‘romantic’ aspect of the design.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Portraits Advertising Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Beecham Records Exclusive to Columbia
Materials and techniques	Lithography Lithography
Brief description	'Beecham Records Exclusive to Columbia'. Lithograph poster of a portrait bust of the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961). Anonymous. Great Britain(?). 1916.
Physical description	Beecham Records Exclusive to Columbia. Lithograph poster of a portrait bust of the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961), monochromatically rendered to harden the otherwise ‘romantic’ aspect of the design.
Dimensions	Average size of posters e.437 to 440 1916. height: 53.3cm Average size of posters e.437 to 440 1916. width: 41.3cm Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Credit line	Given by The Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd. (UERL)
Object history	The Columbia catalogue for 1916 uses the same poses of Beecham and Ysäye set into oval 'portrait miniature' frames on pages edged with foliate frames.
Subjects depicted	Portrait Conductor Beecham, Thomas
Associated objects	E.438-1990 (Series) E.439-1990 (Series) E.440-1990 (Series)
Bibliographic reference	Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.437-1916

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O834100/beecham-records-exclusive-to-columbia-poster-columbia-records/

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