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Go By Shank's Pony

Poster
ca.1943 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Ministry of War Transport (issuer)
Ministry of Labour and National Service (issuer)
LeWitt-Him (design studio)
Lewitt, Jan (designer)
George Him (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Go By Shank's Pony. Walk Short Distances'. Colour lithograph poster encouraging people to walk short distances rather than use public transport, leaving room 'for those who have longer journeys'. The design depicts a pony that appears to have a green shoe for a body viewed in profile, with 'Go By Shank's Pony' above and 'Walk Short Distances And Leave Room For Those Who Have Longer Journeys' lettered below.

Object details

Categories
Animals and Wildlife
Transport
Posters
War
Object type
Poster
TitleGo By Shank's Pony
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Go By Shank's Pony. Walk Short Distances'. Colour lithograph poster depicting a pony that appears to have a green shoe for a body. Designed by Jan Lewitt and George Him, of the Lewitt-Him Studio, and issued by the Ministry of War Transport and the Ministry of Labour and National Service during the Second World War, Great Britain, ca.1943.
Physical description
'Go By Shank's Pony. Walk Short Distances'. Colour lithograph poster encouraging people to walk short distances rather than use public transport, leaving room 'for those who have longer journeys'. The design depicts a pony that appears to have a green shoe for a body viewed in profile, with 'Go By Shank's Pony' above and 'Walk Short Distances And Leave Room For Those Who Have Longer Journeys' lettered below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75.7cm
  • Width: 50.6cm
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
  • 'Go By / SHANK'S PONY' (Lettered above the central image)
  • Walk Short Distances / AND LEAVE ROOM FOR THOSE / WHO HAVE LONGER JOURNEYS' (Lettered below the central image)
  • 'LeWitt-Him' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Travel
Transport
Pony
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 1965
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1965
Other number
25/B12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.631-1965

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Record createdJune 29, 2011
Record URL
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