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Poster

1942 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Ministry of Labour and National Service (issuer)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (publisher)
Eckersley (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (produced)
Great Britain (issued)

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

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Poster
  • Poster
  • Poster
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
Two colour offset lithograph health and safety posters printed either side of a single sheet; one designed by Thomas Eckersley and the other Anonymous. 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, 1942.
Physical description
Two colour offset lithograph health and safety posters printed either side of a single sheet
Dimensions
    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
    Subject depicted
    Safety
    Bibliographic references
    • 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
    • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971
    Collection
    Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
    Accession number
    CIRC.667-1971

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    Record createdJune 30, 2009
    Record URL
    https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1034246/poster-eckersley/
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