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1963

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Poster, The Indian Museum

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 lthograph 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

97.3 × 62.7 cm (38 5/16 × 24 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in script, in rust ink, center right: E. McKnight Kauffer. [underlined]

It is inscribed

Printed in blue 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 Indian Museum; 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 lthograph on paper, lined; 97.3 × 62.7 cm (38 5/16 × 24 11/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-34

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