Designer:

E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954  Search this

Client:

Underground Electric Railways Company of London, Ltd., London, England, United Kingdom  Search this

Printer:

Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd., London, England, United Kingdom  Search this

Medium:

Offset lithograph on paper, mounted on board

Dimensions:

101.3 × 64 cm (39 7/8 × 25 3/16 in.)

Type:

graphic design

Poster

Object Name:

Poster

Made in:

London, England, United Kingdom

Date:

1932

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Poster design for the London Underground, advertising the countryside which can be reached by the railway. Image of a landscape with tall trees and a path leading between them. Lower right, in black ink: A pillar’d shade / High over-arch’d, and echoing walks between / MILTON.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer

Accession Number:

1963-39-49

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45a5c2334-efe7-4411-966a-be633683779b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1963-39-49