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To hell with their profits - stop forced drugging of psychiatric inmates

Poster
1978 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour linocut poster depicting two doctors at the top of the sheet, one holding a wad of money and the other a syringe. Below banners of protest bearing the title across the centre of the sheet are a group of chanting protesters led by a Black woman with her fist raised in the air.

Object details

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Object type
TitleTo hell with their profits - stop forced drugging of psychiatric inmates (published title)
Materials and techniques
Colour linocut poster
Brief description
"To hell with their profits - stop forced drugging of psychiatric inmates". Linocut poster for the Mental Patients' Liberation Movement by Rachael Romero and the San Francisco Poster Brigade. USA, 1978.
Physical description
Colour linocut poster depicting two doctors at the top of the sheet, one holding a wad of money and the other a syringe. Below banners of protest bearing the title across the centre of the sheet are a group of chanting protesters led by a Black woman with her fist raised in the air.
Dimensions
  • Height: 573mm
  • Width: 429mm
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
Associated object
E.228-2004 (Duplicate)
Collection
Accession number
E.227-2004

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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