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Don't Climb - Use a Ladder

Poster
ca.1939-45 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two colour offset lithograph safety posters printed either side of a single sheet.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Poster
  • Poster
  • Poster
Titles
  • Don't Climb - Use a Ladder (generic title)
  • Are your Guards - All Present and Correct (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photo-chromo-lithography
Brief description
Two colour offset lithograph safety posters printed either side of a single sheet, one designed by Mendoza, the other by F. Kenwood Giles. Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents during the Second World War, Great Britain, ca.1939-45.
Physical description
Two colour offset lithograph safety posters printed either side of a single sheet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
Measurements taken from: 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
Credit line
Given by the Ministry of Information
Production
The poster is printed on two sides, each side featuring the work of a seperate artist.
Subjects depicted
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
Collection
Accession number
E.2139-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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