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Drivers... For Safety's Sake Keep Well to the Left

Poster
1945 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dark green road (fading to sandy yellow) occupies 3/4 of the sheet. The white horizon line defines the upper quarter. The gradation of colours from yellow to emerald green is reflected in the mirror-image printing of an arrow. White road markings are printed on the diagonal.Text.


Object details

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Object type
TitleDrivers... For Safety's Sake Keep Well to the Left (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
"Drivers... For Safety's Sake Keep Well to the Left" Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. UK. ca. 1945
Physical description
Dark green road (fading to sandy yellow) occupies 3/4 of the sheet. The white horizon line defines the upper quarter. The gradation of colours from yellow to emerald green is reflected in the mirror-image printing of an arrow. White road markings are printed on the diagonal.Text.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 48cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Drivers... (in dark green)
  • For Safety's Sake (text on white arrow, printed in the yellow-to-green spectrum)
  • Keep Well to the Left (white, lower left)
  • D/HCS/I (bottom left)
  • Issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Terminal House, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1 (centre, lower margin)
  • Printed by Loxley Bros. Ltd. (bottom right)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Other number
LS.1896 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.736-2004

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Record createdSeptember 16, 2004
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