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Object Timeline

1931

  • Work on this object began.

1941

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2013

2025

  • You found it!

Poster, Travel in Comfort By Imperial Airways

This is a Poster. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Imperial Airways and Imperial Airways Ltd.. It is dated ca. 1936 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper mounted on board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

102 × 64.1 cm (40 3/16 × 25 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Printed in script, in black ink, under the globe, right: E. McKnight Kauffer.

Cite this object as

Poster, Travel in Comfort By Imperial Airways; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Imperial Airways, British Airways; England; offset lithograph on paper mounted on board; 102 × 64.1 cm (40 3/16 × 25 1/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-101

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