… please! Keep Britain tidy
Poster
ca.1950-55 (issued)
ca.1950-55 (issued)
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'… please! Keep Britain tidy don’t leave litter'. Colour offset lithograph poster showing a large, curved yellow arrow, within which is a park keeper matching the shape of the arrow and pointing to a rubbish basket. He has a litter picker in his other hand, with litter on the ground by his feet. The background is a graded olive-green.
Object details
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| Title | … please! Keep Britain tidy |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | '… please! Keep Britain tidy'. Colour offset lithograph poster, part of a Government anti-litter campaign. Designed by Edward Reginald Mount, Great Britain, ca.1950-55. |
| Physical description | '… please! Keep Britain tidy don’t leave litter'. Colour offset lithograph poster showing a large, curved yellow arrow, within which is a park keeper matching the shape of the arrow and pointing to a rubbish basket. He has a litter picker in his other hand, with litter on the ground by his feet. The background is a graded olive-green. |
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| 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 | 27/F2 - V&A microfiche |
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| Accession number | E.207-1982 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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