![A lithograph on paper poster for Empire Tea Market Expansion Board in 1936. The poster is divided into two colored gounds, the top yellow and the bottom blue. In the top, in the center right, is a black and white photograph of a person with short wavy hair wearing a checked collared shirt or dress, possibly the singer Gracie Fields, drinking tea with the right hand and holding a saucer with the left hand, whilst winking the right eye. To the left of the figure, capitalised text in blue and red reads [TEA]. Below to our left, in the blue background section, capitalised text in blue and red superimposed on a diagonally placed yellow rectangle reads [DRIVES AWAY] . Directly under that, in white capitalised text: [THE DROOPS] is printed. In the bottom right is a white circle containing a drawing of a white teapot outlined in blue, with arms suggested by the spout and handle, legs underneath with blue shoes and holding a top hat in the hand formed by the spout arm. Underneath the teapot capitalised text in yellow reads [SAYS MR. T. POTT]. The poster designer, E. McKnigtht Kauffer, signed the work in white ink under the left arm of the figure [E McKnight Kauffer 36].]( https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/64300_6b921e30d4fe1b14_b.jpg
"Poster, Tea Drives Away the Droops, 1936")
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Poster, Tea Drives Away the Droops, 1936
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 (France)
- molded soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enameling and gilding.
- 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, 1936; 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.
