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Poster, The Wallace Collection

This is a Poster. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and printed by Sanders Phillips and Company, Ltd. at The Baynard Press and made for (as the client) Underground Electric Railways of London Company Ltd.. It is dated 1925 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.

Its dimensions are

110.7 × 63.2 cm (43 9/16 × 24 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Printed in script, in taupe ink, center: E. McKnight Kauffer ‘25’

It is inscribed

Printed in navy ink, lower left: 1416 / 2000 / 11.25; lower center: Sanders Phillips and Co., Ltd., THE BAYNARD PRESS, Chryssell Road, S.W.9.

Cite this object as

Poster, The Wallace Collection; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Printed by Sanders Phillips and Company, Ltd. at The Baynard Press; Client: Underground Electric Railways of London Company Ltd.; USA; offset lithograph on paper, lined; 110.7 × 63.2 cm (43 9/16 × 24 7/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-35

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