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Get first aid at once

Poster
1943 (made)
Artist/Maker
Loxley Bros. Ltd. (printers)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (issued by)
ROSPA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) (publishers)
Eckersley, Tom (OBE) (designer)
Place of origin
London (published)

Poster encouraging safety at work depicting a bandaged hand. Only the blue and red outline of the hand is visible against the black background, but the forefinger has a blue halo and is bandaged. Across the palm of the hand, printed in red and white letters, is the message, ‘Get first aid at once’. The artist's name and the date, 'Eckersley. 43' is printed in red along the lower edge of the hand.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Health
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleGet first aid at once (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
Safety at work poster produced by RoSPA, designed by Tom Eckersley, and printed by Loxley Bros. Ltd, United Kingdom, 1943
Physical description
Poster encouraging safety at work depicting a bandaged hand. Only the blue and red outline of the hand is visible against the black background, but the forefinger has a blue halo and is bandaged. Across the palm of the hand, printed in red and white letters, is the message, ‘Get first aid at once’. The artist's name and the date, 'Eckersley. 43' is printed in red along the lower edge of the hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 74.9cm
  • Width: 48.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'GET FIRST AID AT ONCE' (Printed in red, except for the words 'first aid', which are white,over the image)
  • 'IND/FA/21' (The issue number is printed in the lower left-hand corner, next to the Society's symbol, a cog and a triangle)
  • 'Issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Terminal House, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London S.W.1 Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD.' (Printing and publishing information, printed at the bottom of the poster)
  • 'ECKERSLEY' (Artist's signature, at the bottom of the image, along the edge of the arm)
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
Health
Safety
Prevention
Accident
Industry
Hands
Bandages
Other number
LS.2000 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1879-2004

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Record createdMay 3, 2006
Record URL
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