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1931

  • Work on this object began.

1941

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Poster, Spring On The Hillside

This is a Poster. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and printed by Sanders Phillips and Company, Ltd. at The Baynard Press and photographed by John Dixon-Scott and made for (as the client) London Passenger Transport Board. It is dated ca. 1936 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

101.8 × 63.5 cm (40 1/16 × 25 in.)

It is signed

Printed in script, in white and brown ink, center: E. McKnight — / Kauffer. [underlined]

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, lower left: Ref. No. 36/ 953/ 1750; bottom center: PHOTOGRAPH BY J. DIXON-SCOTT.; lower right: THE BAYNARD PRESS

Cite this object as

Poster, Spring On The Hillside; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Photographed by John Dixon-Scott (British); Printed by Sanders Phillips and Company, Ltd. at The Baynard Press; Client: London Passenger Transport Board (England, GB, United Kingdom); USA; lithograph on paper; 101.8 × 63.5 cm (40 1/16 × 25 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-81

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