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1932

  • Work on this object began.

1942

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

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Print, Commercial Motor Show, Earls Court

This is a Print. 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) London Passenger Transport Board. It is dated ca. 1937 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is offset 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

25.5 × 32 cm (10 1/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in blue, lower right: E. McKnight Kauffer

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, lower left: 37.4298.14.000; lower right: The Baynard Press

Cite this object as

Print, Commercial Motor Show, Earls Court; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Printed by Sanders Phillips and Company, Ltd. at The Baynard Press; Client: London Passenger Transport Board (England, GB, United Kingdom); England; offset lithograph on paper; 25.5 × 32 cm (10 1/16 × 12 5/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-169

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