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VD - a shadow on happiness

Poster
ca.1940-45 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Ministry of Health (issuer)
Department of Health for Scotland (issuer)
Henrion, Frédéric Henri Kay (M.B.E., R.D.I.) (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'VD – a shadow on happiness'. Colour photo-lithograph poster. Signed.

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Object details

Categories
Prints
Health
Propaganda
Posters
Scotland
Object type
Poster
TitleVD - a shadow on happiness
Materials and techniques
Colour photo-lithography
Printing Ink
Photo-Lithography
Brief description
'VD – a shadow on happiness'. Colour photo-lithograph poster. Designed by Frédéric Henri Kay Henrion. Issued by the Ministry of Health and the Department of Health for Scotland during the Second World War. Great Britain. ca.1940-45.
Physical description
'VD – a shadow on happiness'. Colour photo-lithograph poster. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100.2cm
  • Width: 62.5cm
Dimensions 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
Signed.
Object history
This poster was issued by the Ministry of Health and the Department of Health for Scotland during the Second World War.
Subjects depicted
Public Health
Venereal Disease
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
18/D1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.304-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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