Medical and pharmaceutical equipment advertising Frith Bros.' pharmacy shops in Surrey and Middlesex. Colour lithograph by D.W. Burley.
- Burley, David William, 1901-1999.
- Date:
- [between 1930 and 1939?]
- Reference:
- 25283i
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Description
Test-tubes, a medicine bottle and a medicine chest are shown in a stylised, simplified, Modern style, and all the lettering is sanserif: unusual features in medical supplies advertising of the time. Another poster for Frith Bros. in a similar style is reproduced by M. Robert-Sterkendries, La santé s'affiche, Bruxelles: Therabel, 2003, no. 733, p. 368 (as American)
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : Southern Railway Trade Advertising Service, [between 1930 and 1939?]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in green, red and grey ; sheet 76.2 x 102.3 cm
Lettering
Frith Bros ; surgical instruments ; dispensing chemists ; for all surgical requirements ; Richmond 39 George Street ; Twickenham 114 & 116 Heath Road ; Hounslow 46 Bell Street; D.W. Burley
Reference
Wellcome Collection 25283i
Creator/production credits
Burley's life dates from Christie's catalogue, South Kensington, 25 November 2004, lot 182
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Location Status Access Closed storesNote