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Report defects

Poster
ca.1940s (made)
Artist/Maker
Loxley Bros. Ltd. (printers)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (issued by)
ROSPA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) (publishers)
Eckersley, Tom (OBE) (designer)
Place of origin
London (published)

Poster encouraging safety at work depicting a damaged fence. The poster is coloured green and blue, suggesting a landscape, and in the centre of the image is a large black shape suggestive of machinery. A white diagonal criss-crossing pattern covers the entire poster, and symbolises a fence. The fence has been broken, leaving a hole in the lower right section. At the bottom of the poster is the slogan in large black letters, ‘Report defects'. The artist has signed himself, 'Eckersley'.

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Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Health
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleReport defects (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
Safety at work poster produced by RoSPA, designed by Tom Eckersley, and printed by Loxley Bros. Ltd, United Kingdom, 1940s
Physical description
Poster encouraging safety at work depicting a damaged fence. The poster is coloured green and blue, suggesting a landscape, and in the centre of the image is a large black shape suggestive of machinery. A white diagonal criss-crossing pattern covers the entire poster, and symbolises a fence. The fence has been broken, leaving a hole in the lower right section. At the bottom of the poster is the slogan in large black letters, ‘Report defects'. The artist has signed himself, 'Eckersley'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 74.3cm
  • Width: 50.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'REPORT DEFECTS' (Printed in black at the bottom of the image)
  • 'IND/G/11' (The issue number is printed in the lower left-hand corner, next to the Society's symbol, a cog and a triangle)
  • 'Issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Terminal House, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London S.W.1 Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD.' (Printing and publishing information, printed at the bottom of the poster)
  • 'ECKERSLEY' (Artist's signature, upper left)
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
Subjects depicted
Safety
Prevention
Fences
Machinery
Lozenges
Damage
Other number
LS.1989 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.262-2004

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Record createdApril 27, 2006
Record URL
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