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Scrap

Poster
ca.1940-45 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Ministry of Labour and National Service (issuer)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (producer)
Morris, G. R. (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph and offset lithograph poster advertising the scrapping of faulty tools. The design shows a claw hammer and other tools, with the word 'SCRAP' lettered below.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleScrap
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Scrap'. Colour lithograph and offset lithograph poster advertising the scrapping of faulty tools. Designed by G. R. Morris, issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, London, during the Second World War, ca.1940-45.
Physical description
Colour lithograph and offset lithograph poster advertising the scrapping of faulty tools. The design shows a claw hammer and other tools, with the word 'SCRAP' lettered below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75.6cm
  • Width: 49.5cm
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
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SCRAP' (Text of design.)
  • Signed.
Subjects depicted
Hammer
Tools
Recycling
Second World War
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
Other number
27/D12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.337-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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