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1924	Work on this object began.
1963	We acquired this object.
2013	We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
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Poster, Hadley Wood by Tram

This is a Poster. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son and made for (as the client) Underground Electric Railways of London Company Ltd.. It is dated 1924 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper, lined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

At center, a contrasting scene of two standing silhouettes: the left foreground figure in an overcoat and brimmed hat, rendered in black, and behind to the right a coatless figure holding a racket, rendered in light gray and contained in a vertical rectangle of bright yellow with abstract details appearing like trees and the sun. To the left of black figure is a bare tree with a triangle shape of gray and olive dots representing rain or snow. More rectangles and other overlapping geometric-shaped planes of frame the two figures in grays, greens, black, and yellow. Below in center a black horizontal rectangle with gray and green text: 'from WINTERS GLOOM / to SUMMERS JOY'.

Poster, From Winters Gloom to Summers Joy
lithograph.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-40

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lithograph.
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Poster, The North Downs
lithograph.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-15

Its dimensions are

76.5 × 50.5 cm (30 1/8 × 19 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in purple ink, upper left: MADE IN ENGLAND

It is signed

Printed in script, in gray ink, center right: E. McKnight Kauffer 24' [underlined]

It is inscribed

Printed in gray ink, lower right: OFFSET / de LUXE [squared]; VINCENT / BROOKS [squared]; 544 1000 23-4-24

Cite this object as

Poster, Hadley Wood by Tram; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son; Client: Underground Electric Railways of London Company Ltd.; England; offset lithograph on paper, lined; 76.5 × 50.5 cm (30 1/8 × 19 7/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-26

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CxPx/
Accession Number 1963-39-26
Object ID 18447569