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1927

  • Work on this object began.

1937

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Poster, Great Western to Devon's Moors

This is a Poster. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and printed by William Brown & Company, Ltd. and made for (as the client) Great Western Railway. It is dated ca. 1932 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is lithograph on paper. 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

100.1 × 61.3 cm (39 7/16 × 24 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Printed in script, in brown ink, lower left: E McKnight Kauffer

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, lower left margin: No. 12.; lower right margin: PRINTED BY WILLIAM BROWN & CO. LTD., LONDON, E.C.3. & S.E.1.

Cite this object as

Poster, Great Western to Devon's Moors; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Printed by William Brown & Company, Ltd.; Client: Great Western Railway; USA; lithograph on paper; 100.1 × 61.3 cm (39 7/16 × 24 1/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-58

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