Keep fit classes [poster], ca. 1935 / Mary M. Abbott
Keep fit classes [poster], ca. 1935 / Mary M. Abbott
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1935
Call Numbers
V/285
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings and Manuscripts
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 55.8 x 37.4 cm - poster, with text, black and red ink on thin card
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The poster features a young woman in a fashionable suit easily handling two suitcases and a hatbox, all drawn in black ink. The verse is drawn diagonally across the top left hand corner of the poster and the keep fit class details are in bold black and red lettering on th elower edge. The poster seems to be drawn by a professional commercial artist
Alternative Titles
Full title
Keep fit classes [poster], ca. 1935 / Mary M. Abbott
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Text of the poster:
"When life is becoming a bore-
And your trunks mount to luggage galore
Just bend from the knees --
Keep fit if you please
And you'll carry your trunks with ease"
"Join the KEEP FIT classes held from 7-15 a.m. to 7-45 a.m. on the poop deck"
Poster signed Mary M. Abbott under the figure
Attributions / Conjectures
Unable to find information on Mary M. Abbott, apart from her dates, but probably not the feminist and Aboriginal artists called Mary Abbott of the 1970's
Reference:
Australian Art Sales Digest. http://www.aasd.com.au/ (accessed June 6, 2013)
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Mary Abbott must have drawn this poster for the keep fit classes on the deck of a ship. The poster has holes made by drawing pins in each corner
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
V/285
Record Identifier
1JkmXRGY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkmXRGY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1038186
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