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Drawing, Study for "Radio Telegrams Are Cheaper"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) British General Post Office. It is dated May 21, 1937 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and blue and black gouache 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

12.8 × 8.9 cm (5 1/16 × 3 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in purple ink, verso: DESIGN BY / 21 May 1937 / E. MCKNIGHT KAUFFER [squared]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for "Radio Telegrams Are Cheaper"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: British General Post Office; USA; brush and blue and black gouache on paper; 12.8 × 8.9 cm (5 1/16 × 3 1/2 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-527

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