Dracula Has Risen From the Grave poster design
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1968
Thomas William Chantrell (1916-2001) was one of the premier cinema-poster artists of the twentieth century. In 1965, Allardyce Palmer took on the advertising for Hammer Films.
Between 1965 and 1969, Chantrell produced all Hammer’s posters and effectively became their house designer. When Chantrell was producing the artwork for Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968), he was not supplied with the necessary publicity stills of Christopher Lee. As an interim solution, he used photographs of himself posing in the role as the basis for the design.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 760 mm sheet; Width 1016 mm sheet
- Materials and techniques
- Poster design printed in coloured ink on paper
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- United Kingdom
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O1296070
- Museum object number
- E.580-2014
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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