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A £5 note could have broken her fall

Poster
1986 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Offset lithograph poster showing a photograph of an apparently dead woman lying on a pavement by the brick wall of a house, with the text of the design lettered in white at the top of the poster.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA £5 note could have broken her fall
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph
Brief description
'A £5 note could have broken her fall'. Printer's proof of a small offset lithograph poster issued by the charitable organisation The Samaritans. Designed by Simon Dicketts and Fergus Fleming of Saatchi & Saatchi Compton Ltd., Great Britain, 1986.
Physical description
Offset lithograph poster showing a photograph of an apparently dead woman lying on a pavement by the brick wall of a house, with the text of the design lettered in white at the top of the poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 49.6cm
  • Width: 32.9cm
Measurements taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Production typeProof
Credit line
Given by Saatchi & Saatchi Compton Ltd.
Object history
This is a printer's proof of a small poster issued by the charitable organisation The Samaritans.
Production
Attribution note: printers proof
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other number
10/G3 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.23-1986

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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