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Blood Donors Now

Poster
ca.1941-45 (issued)
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
TitleBlood 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 createdJune 29, 2011
Record URL
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