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Report defects
Eckersley, Tom - Enlarge image
Report defects
- 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 (issued by)
ROSPA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) (publishers) - 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.262-2004
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 3G, shelf DR7
Physical description
Poster encouraging safety at work depicting a damaged fence. The poster is coloured green and blue, suggesting a landscape, and in the centre of the image is a large black shape suggestive of machinery. A white diagonal criss-crossing pattern covers the entire poster, and symbolises a fence. The fence has been broken, leaving a hole in the lower right section. At the bottom of the poster is the slogan in large black letters, ‘Report defects'. The artist has signed himself, 'Eckersley'.
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 (issued by)
ROSPA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) (publishers)
Materials and Techniques
Colour lithograph
Marks and inscriptions
'REPORT DEFECTS'
'IND/G/11'
'Issued 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: 74.3 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
Lozenges; Safety; Fences; Machinery; Prevention; Damage
Categories
Prints; Propaganda; Health; Posters
Collection code
PDP
