Blood Donors Now

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Artist/Maker	War Office (issuer) Games, Abram (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

'Blood Donors Now. 30 Minutes Of Your Time A Lifetime To Somebody Else'.
Colour offset lithograph poster issued by the War Office during the Second World War, asking for volunteers for the Emergency Blood Transfusion Service.

Object details

Categories	Prints Propaganda Health Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Blood Donors Now
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph Offset Lithography
Brief description	'Blood Donors Now'. Colour offset lithograph poster asking for volunteers for the Emergency Blood Transfusion Service. Designed by Abram Games and issued by the War Office during the Second World War, Great Britain, ca.1941-45.
Physical description	'Blood Donors Now. 30 Minutes Of Your Time A Lifetime To Somebody Else'. Colour offset lithograph poster issued by the War Office during the Second World War, asking for volunteers for the Emergency Blood Transfusion Service.
Dimensions	Height: 74.5cm Width: 48.7cm 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	'A. Games' (Signed) 'P.R.87' (Numbered)
Subjects depicted	Health Text
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 numbers	14/B8 - V&A microfiche P.R.87 - Poster number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.288-1971

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Record created	June 29, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1224091/blood-donors-now-poster-games-abram/

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