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Object Timeline

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1930

  • Work on this object began.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2013

2017

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Poster, Power--The Nerve Center of London's Underground, 1930

This is a poster. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Transport for London. It is dated 1930 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is lithograph on white wove paper mounted on board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Day series in a post titled The Power Underground.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

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Its dimensions are

101.6 x 61.4 cm (40 x 24 3/16 in. )

It is signed

Imprinted in black ink, lower right: EMcKnightKauffer 1930

It is inscribed

Imprinted in lower right:17.1500.1/3 and VINCENT BROOKS, DAY & SON, LTD. LITH. LONSON. WC.2.

Cite this object as

Poster, Power--The Nerve Center of London's Underground, 1930; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); England; lithograph on white wove paper mounted on board; 101.6 x 61.4 cm (40 x 24 3/16 in. ); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-45

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