Poster; The world of the pharaohs, by Geraldine Knight, 1965

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Reference number	1983/4/7594
Artist	Geraldine Knight
Dates	1965
Collection	Posters
Object type	Poster
Print code	265/374M/3200
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	British museum Mummies Museums & galleries
Completeness	86% 86% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	1016mm
  Width	635mm
  Descriptive size	Double royal

  Colour

  Attribute	Value
  Colour	Brown

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Object title	The world of the pharaohs
  Text	The world of the pharaohs...sun-drenched, bizarre, haunted by hybrids, man-lions, bird-gods... Observe, in the British Museum, mummies, their cases gay with ritual scenes and glimpses of the life-to-come. Stand dwarfed before colossal kings with bland almond eyes and cruel but gently smiling lips. Across four thousand years this rich and complex civilization still teases amateur and scholar with its unsolved riddles. Underground or bus to Tottenham Court Road or Russell Square.

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Artist	Geraldine Knight, 1965
  Printer	Curwen Press, 1965
  Publisher	London Transport, 1965