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Asking for trouble
Eckersley, Tom - Enlarge image
Asking for trouble
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
London, England (published)
- Date:
ca.1940s (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Eckersley, Tom (OBE), born 1914 - died 1996 (designer)
Loxley Bros. Ltd. (printers)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (publishers)
Ministry of Labour and National Service (issued by) - Materials and Techniques:
Colour lithograph
- 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
- Museum number:
E.257-2004
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 3G, shelf DR7
Physical description
Poster encouraging safety at work depicting a foot stepping onto the broken rung of a ladder. Below the ladder is the poster's slogan in large black letters, 'Asking for trouble'. The artist has signed himself, 'Eckersley' along the lower left outer edge of the ladder.
Place of Origin
London, England (published)
Date
ca.1940s (made)
Artist/maker
Eckersley, Tom (OBE), born 1914 - died 1996 (designer)
Loxley Bros. Ltd. (printers)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (publishers)
Ministry of Labour and National Service (issued by)
Materials and Techniques
Colour lithograph
Marks and inscriptions
'ASKING FOR TROUBLE'
'MLJ/152'
'Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Terminal House, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London S.W.1 / Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD.'
'ECKERSLEY'
Dimensions
Height: 76 cm, Width: 50.6 cm
Descriptive line
Safety at work poster produced by RoSPA, designed by Tom Eckersley, and printed by Loxley Bros. Ltd, United Kingdom, 1940s
Materials
Paper; Lithographic ink
Techniques
Lithography
Subjects depicted
Safety; Health; Shoes; Ladders; Accident; Prevention
Categories
Prints; Propaganda; Health; Posters
Collection code
PDP
