Swarf Cuts Thin Shoes
Poster
1944 (made)
1944 (made)
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Two photo-chromo-lithograph health and safety posters printed either side of a single sheet. Image 1 is signed and dated 'Pat Keely '44' and is a depiction of a piece of metal swarf lying on a wooden factory floor, on top of a footprint. Part of the swarf is shaped into the word 'Swarf'. Image 2 by Rothholz is a depiction of a worker lying face down on the floor, a box by his side, having been tripped up by an untied shoelace on his left boot.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Photo-chromo-lithography |
| Brief description | Two photo-chromo-lithograph health and safety posters printed on either side of a single sheet. One designed by Pat Keely and other by H. A. Rothholz. Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service during the Second World War. Great Britain, ca.1944. |
| Physical description | Two photo-chromo-lithograph health and safety posters printed either side of a single sheet. Image 1 is signed and dated 'Pat Keely '44' and is a depiction of a piece of metal swarf lying on a wooden factory floor, on top of a footprint. Part of the swarf is shaped into the word 'Swarf'. Image 2 by Rothholz is a depiction of a worker lying face down on the floor, a box by his side, having been tripped up by an untied shoelace on his left boot. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | One side is signed and dated 'Pat Keely '44'. |
| Credit line | Given by the Ministry of Information |
| Production | This object is one sheet with two different photo-chromo-lithograph poster designs, by separate artists, printed on either side. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949. |
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| Accession number | E.2132-1946 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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