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Poster, Tea Drives Away the Droops
This is a Poster. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Empire Tea Market-Expansion Board. It is dated 1936 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is lithograph on paper, lined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Tea, anyone?.
This object was
donated by
Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer.
It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- Cup and Saucer (One of a Pair) Cup And Saucer
- soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold.
- Gift of Mrs. Morris Hawkes.
- 1942-25-20-a,c
- Creamer (Germany)
- glass.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisition Endowment.
- 1987-8-5
Its dimensions are
75.9 × 50.2 cm (29 7/8 × 19 3/4 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamp in purple ink, upper left: MADE IN ENGLAND
It is signed
Printed in script in white ink, center right: E McKnight Kauffer 36
Cite this object as
Poster, Tea Drives Away the Droops; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Empire Tea Market-Expansion Board; England; lithograph on paper, lined; 75.9 × 50.2 cm (29 7/8 × 19 3/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-84
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition How Posters Work.
