A child's life may depend on your brakes
Poster
ca.1940s- ca.1950s (made)
ca.1940s- ca.1950s (made)
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Poster encouraging road safety depicting a child's face pictured within the wheel of a car. The tyre of a car fills most of the space, and it is illustrated with lines and 'debris' indicating that it is moving at speed. A black and white line stands for the mudguard, and a black and white photograph of a child's face, smiling, fills the area where the hubcap should be. Above the image is the poster's message in large black and red letters, 'A Child's Life', and below the image, 'May Depend on your Brakes'. The artist has signed himself, 'Eckersley' in the lower right corner.
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Title | A child's life may depend on your brakes (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
Brief description | Road safety poster produced by RoSPA, designed by Tom Eckersley, and printed by Loxley Bros. Ltd, United Kingdom, 1940s or 1950s |
Physical description | Poster encouraging road safety depicting a child's face pictured within the wheel of a car. The tyre of a car fills most of the space, and it is illustrated with lines and 'debris' indicating that it is moving at speed. A black and white line stands for the mudguard, and a black and white photograph of a child's face, smiling, fills the area where the hubcap should be. Above the image is the poster's message in large black and red letters, 'A Child's Life', and below the image, 'May Depend on your Brakes'. The artist has signed himself, 'Eckersley' in the lower right corner. |
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Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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Other number | LS.2001 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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Accession number | E.871-2004 |
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Record created | April 19, 2006 |
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