Poster; The Tate Gallery, by Rex Whistler, 1928
Main details
Reference number | 1983/4/2650 |
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Description | The image for this item has been removed from our online database as it contains offensive imagery. This poster, advertising London's Tate Gallery, was published by the Underground Electric Railways Company in 1928. The painting is by Rex Whistler, who had completed a mural, 'Epicurania' for the Tate Gallery restaurant earlier that year. For the poster, Whistler took distinctive elements from the mural and wove them into a new composition. His 18th- century pastiche includes two women taking tea. They have been added to the foreground to appear as though they are in the Tate restaurant itself. The mural also contained racist images and the restaurant closed in 2020 because of the offensive nature of the design. |
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Dates | 1928 |
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Print code | 1715/25/10/28.1500 |
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Completeness | 65% |
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Physical description
Dimensions Attribute Value Height 1016mmWidth 635mmDescriptive size Double royalColour Attribute Value Colour - Pink
- Light Green
- Green
Item content Attribute Value Object title The Tate GalleryText The Tate Gallery Weekdays 10 am - 4pm Sundays 2pm - 4pm....
Trafalgar Sq. or Westminster Stn thence by bus 32, 51a...... -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Artist Rex Whistler, 1928Printer Haycock Photochrom,Publisher Underground Electric Railways Company Ltd, 1928 -
Associated companies, people and places
Places Borough City of Westminster,