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Prevention is Better Than Cure

Poster
c.1925 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Prevention is Better Than Cure'; Poster issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council, London; Colour lithograph; Signed.

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TitlePrevention is Better Than Cure
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Prevention is Better Than Cure'; Poster; Colour lithograph; Design by Dorothy Braddell; Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council, London; Great Britain; c.1925.
Physical description
'Prevention is Better Than Cure'; Poster issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council, London; Colour lithograph; Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 760mm
  • Width: 505mm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed.
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Dorothy Darcy Braddell
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
4/G6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.721-1978

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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