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Think Of Others. Prevent Accidents. Tidy Up

Poster
ca.1939-1945 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Ministry of Labour and National Service (issuer)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (maker)
Eckersley, Tom (OBE) (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster depicting a foot wearing a black boot stepping onto a piece of wood that has a nail protruding from it. 'Think of Others' is lettered on a slight diagonal over the top of the image, with 'Prevent Accidents. Tidy Up' lettered below the image. All against a white ground.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThink Of Others. Prevent Accidents. Tidy Up
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph print
Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Think Of Others. Prevent Accidents. Tidy Up'. Colour offset lithograph safety poster designed by Tom Eckersley (OBE). Produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service, Great Britain, ca.1939-1945.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster depicting a foot wearing a black boot stepping onto a piece of wood that has a nail protruding from it. 'Think of Others' is lettered on a slight diagonal over the top of the image, with 'Prevent Accidents. Tidy Up' lettered below the image. All against a white ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 50.6cm
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
  • 'BROKEN RUNGS CAUSE BROKEN LIMBS' (Lettered across above the image.)
  • 'EXAMINE LADDERS BEFORE USE' (Lettered at a slight angle below the image of the ladder)
Subjects depicted
Safety
Accident
Boot
Nail
Wood
Associated objects
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
11/D11 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.282-1971

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Record createdJune 29, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1224088/think-of-others-prevent-accidents-poster-eckersley-tom-obe/
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