Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
V. L. Danvers

Commissioned by Southern and Kent and Essex Railways, British

Printed by Ben Johnson & Company Ltd
Title:
Tenterden
Date:
before 1923
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Sheet: 39 7/8 x 25 1/8 inches (101.3 x 63.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In artist's hand, in green, bottom right corner of image: "--D.L. Danvers--". In white type, beneath image, center: "TENTERDEN"; in tan italics: "via HEADCORN OR ROBERTSBRIDGE"; in green: "SOUTHERN"; in tan italics: "and"; in green: "KENT & EAST SUSSEX RLYS." In tan, left: "A LIMB OF | THE CINQUE PORTS"; right: "IN THE CHARMING | AND ROMANTIC WEALD OF KENT". In tan italics across bottom of poster: "For Descriptive GUIDE apply - Secretary TRADES MEN'S ASSOCIATION TENTERDEN". In tiny green type at bottom right corner: "DESIGNED & PRINTED BY BEN JOHNSON & CO. LTD ["TD" in superscript] LONDON & YORK". In graphite on canvas backing, bottom right corner: "c. 1930 (HVMkWZ)".
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965
Copyright Status:
© National Railway Museum / SSPL
Accession Number:
B2000.8.6
Classification:
Posters
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art for All - British Posters for Transport (The Wolfsonian Museum, 2011-04-15 - 2011-08-14)

Art for All - British Posters for Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-05-27 - 2010-08-15)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:48730