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Poster, A Postman in Northern Scotland, Outposts of Britain
This is a Poster. It was designed by E. McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) British General Post Office. It is dated 1937 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is lithograph. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
The British General Post Office invested heavily in advertising, film, and posters to upgrade its corporate image. In Kauffer’s Outposts of Britain poster series, a space frame device surrounds scenic snapshots showing how postmen can reach even remote corners of the British Empire to deliver the mail.
This object was
donated by
Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer.
It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- Poster, Posting Box at Land's End, Outposts of Britain
- lithograph.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-88
- Poster, A Postman in Northern Ireland, Outposts of Britain
- offset lithograph on white wove paper, lined.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-90
- Poster, A Postman in the Pool of London, Outposts of Britain
- offset lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-87
Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.
- Poster, Quickest by the Air Mail
- offset lithograph on paper, lined.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-61
- Poster, Post Office Savings, Bank Your Money Here
- offset lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-85
- Poster, Post During Lunch Hour
- offset lithograph on paper, lined.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-86
Its dimensions are
50.8 × 63.6 cm (20 × 25 1/16 in.)
It is signed
Printed in script, in blue ink, lower right: E McKnight Kauffer, Hon. D.I.
It is inscribed
Printed in black, lower right: PRD 165; lower left: GPO [crowned and encircled]
Cite this object as
Poster, A Postman in Northern Scotland, Outposts of Britain; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: British General Post Office; England; lithograph; 50.8 × 63.6 cm (20 × 25 1/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-89
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Underground Modernist: E. McKnight Kauffer.
