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Stamp It Out Prevent Fire

Poster
1939-45 (made)
Artist/Maker
Eckersley, Tom (OBE) (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Colour offset lithograph fire safety poster depicting the toe of a black leather shoe alongside the smouldering end of a cigarette. 'Stamp It Out' lettered in black capitals in the top-right corner of the design and 'Prevent Fire' lettered in capitals below the image (with 'fire' lettered in red). All against a white ground. On the reverse of the sheet is an alternative safety poster by Fred Trewin (see Circ.284B-1962).

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleStamp It Out Prevent Fire
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Stamp It Out Prevent Fire'. Colour offset lithograph fire safety poster designed by Thomas Eckersley. Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents during the Second World War, Great Britain, 1939-45.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph fire safety poster depicting the toe of a black leather shoe alongside the smouldering end of a cigarette. 'Stamp It Out' lettered in black capitals in the top-right corner of the design and 'Prevent Fire' lettered in capitals below the image (with 'fire' lettered in red). All against a white ground. On the reverse of the sheet is an alternative safety poster by Fred Trewin (see Circ.284B-1962).
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 50.4cm
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
  • 'STAMP IT OUT' (Lettered in black in the top-right corner of the design)
  • 'PREVENT FIRE' (Lettered in capitals below the image (with 'fire' lettered in red))
Subjects depicted
Safety
Shoe
Cigarette
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/E1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.284A-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1224750/stamp-it-out-prevent-fire-poster-eckersley-tom-obe/
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