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Fight the cuts. Ban Private Practice for a National Health Service

Poster
ca. 1977 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photographic blue and white image of a council estate and the Wellington Hospital. Small illustration in the foreground of three male officials sitting around a table, one with legs propped up. They are reading the 'Social Contract'. The two figures sitting with their back to the viewer, seen in quarter profile, are seated in chairs labelled 'T.U.C.' and ''C.B.I.'


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFight the cuts. Ban Private Practice for a National Health Service (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
printing
Brief description
"Fight the cuts. Ban Private Practice for a National Health Service" poster, Poster Collective, Tolmers Square, London, UK. ca. 1977.
Physical description
Photographic blue and white image of a council estate and the Wellington Hospital. Small illustration in the foreground of three male officials sitting around a table, one with legs propped up. They are reading the 'Social Contract'. The two figures sitting with their back to the viewer, seen in quarter profile, are seated in chairs labelled 'T.U.C.' and ''C.B.I.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 78.8cm
  • Width: 53.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 1946: N.H.S./ 1975: SOCIAL CONTRACT/ TODAY: THE N.H.S. PRIVATE PRACTICE/ Social Wage: Waiting List/ Cuts/ Closures Government Subsidies: Vacancies/ Boom/ High Investment
  • FIGHT THE CUTS/ BAN PRIVATE PRACTICE/ FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
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
Place depicted
Other number
LS.1357 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.663-2004

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Record createdSeptember 29, 2004
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