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Lifting like that is dangerous

Poster
1939-1945 (published)
Artist/Maker
Ministry of Labour and National Service (publisher)
Mendoza, Phillip (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

'Percy Vere' colour offset lithograph comic strip poster, with six frames, encouraging safe lifting. On the reverse of the sheet is an alternative poster, 'Asking For Trouble', designed by Thomas Eckersley (see E.2705-1962).

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • Lifting like that is dangerous (generic title)
  • Percy Vere (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Offset Lithograph
Brief description
'Lifting like that is dangerous'. Colour lithograph comic strip poster designed by 'Mendoza'. Produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service during the Second World War, Great Britain, 1939-45.
Physical description
'Percy Vere' colour offset lithograph comic strip poster, with six frames, encouraging safe lifting. On the reverse of the sheet is an alternative poster, 'Asking For Trouble', designed by Thomas Eckersley (see E.2705-1962).
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 76.2cm
  • Size of sheet width: 50.8cm
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'
Subjects depicted
Safety
Comic Strips
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
  • 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 numbers
  • 26/G5 - V&A microfiche
  • No. 11 - series number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2705A-1962

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Record createdJanuary 18, 2011
Record URL
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