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Accession Number
B1993.3.6
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Title
The Tower of London
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Date
1956
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Materials & Techniques
Lithograph
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Dimensions
Sheet: 39 7/8 x 24 15/16 inches (101.3 x 63.3 cm)
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Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering
In black, upper left corner: "UNGER" [parallel vertical lines cross through the "G"]. In black type, beneath the image: "A beefeater's ghost from the City| Found the girls of to-day not as pretty| As Lady Jane Grey| Whom he spoke to each day." In green script: "On the Towers of London where he goes | on weekdays from 10-4, paying| 1/-, but it's free (hurrah!) on Saturdays | and on Bank Holidays". In small black type, along bottom edge, left: "156-129M-1500"; right: "THE BAYNARD PRESS".
Lettered, center left: "CUT HERE"; lower center: "A beefeater's ghost from the City | Found the girls of to-day not as pretty | As Lady Jane Grey | Whom he spoke to each day | On the Tower of London where he goes on weekdays from 10-4, paying 1/-, but it's free (hurrah!) on Saturdays and on Bank Holidays."
In black, upper left corner: "UNGER" [parallel vertical lines cross through the "G"].
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965
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Copyright Status
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Classification
Posters
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Collection
Prints and Drawings
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Access
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
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Link
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Export
Art for All - British Posters for Transport (The Wolfsonian Museum, 2011-04-15 - 2011-08-14) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Art for All - British Posters for Transport (Musée de l'Imprimerie, 2010-10-13 - 2011-02-15) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Art for All - British Posters for Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-05-27 - 2010-08-15) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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