Cyclist's keep them clean - make sure you are seen
Poster
1947 (made)
1947 (made)
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Poster encouraging road safety. The poster is dark-blue, and has a rear view of the lower-half of a shadowy figure riding a bicycle. The rear mudguard is picked out in white, and two red discs (one with a black patterned surface) denote bicycle lamps. At the bottom of the image, separated by the cycle wheel are the words, 'Cyclists's' in black, and in white, 'Keep them clean', and below this, in pale blue, 'Make sure you are seen'. The artist has signed himself 'Eckersley 47' in the upper right corner of the poster.
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| Title | Cyclist's keep them clean - make sure you are seen (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster encouraging safe road use, featuring a cyclist, designed by Tom Eckersley, United Kingdom, 1947 |
| Physical description | Poster encouraging road safety. The poster is dark-blue, and has a rear view of the lower-half of a shadowy figure riding a bicycle. The rear mudguard is picked out in white, and two red discs (one with a black patterned surface) denote bicycle lamps. At the bottom of the image, separated by the cycle wheel are the words, 'Cyclists's' in black, and in white, 'Keep them clean', and below this, in pale blue, 'Make sure you are seen'. The artist has signed himself 'Eckersley 47' in the upper right corner of the poster. |
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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.1997 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.264-2004 |
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| Record created | April 27, 2006 |
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