Stow tools safely - think of the man below (recto)
Poster
1942 (made)
1942 (made)
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Double-sided poster encouraging safety at work.
Recto: depicts the figure of a man casting a shadow, and standing below a hammer and nails balanced on a high shelf. At the top of the poster is the slogan in large black letters, ‘Stow tools safely’, and below the image, ‘Think of' in black, and in brown 'the man below'. The artist has signed himself, 'Eckersley '42' along the left-hand edge of the image, which is funnel-shaped.
Verso: shows a pair of hands thrust upwards, against a blue background. Above are the words, 'To prevent dermatitis', and at the bottom of the poster, 'Wash'.
Recto: depicts the figure of a man casting a shadow, and standing below a hammer and nails balanced on a high shelf. At the top of the poster is the slogan in large black letters, ‘Stow tools safely’, and below the image, ‘Think of' in black, and in brown 'the man below'. The artist has signed himself, 'Eckersley '42' along the left-hand edge of the image, which is funnel-shaped.
Verso: shows a pair of hands thrust upwards, against a blue background. Above are the words, 'To prevent dermatitis', and at the bottom of the poster, 'Wash'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Double-sided poster encouraging safety at work produced by RoSPA, designed by Tom Eckersley (recto), and printed by Loxley Bros. Ltd, United Kingdom, 1942 |
| Physical description | Double-sided poster encouraging safety at work. Recto: depicts the figure of a man casting a shadow, and standing below a hammer and nails balanced on a high shelf. At the top of the poster is the slogan in large black letters, ‘Stow tools safely’, and below the image, ‘Think of' in black, and in brown 'the man below'. The artist has signed himself, 'Eckersley '42' along the left-hand edge of the image, which is funnel-shaped. Verso: shows a pair of hands thrust upwards, against a blue background. Above are the words, 'To prevent dermatitis', and at the bottom of the poster, 'Wash'. |
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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 |
| Production | The duplicate listed in 'Related Museum Numbers' (E.263-2004) refers only to the recto side of this poster, by Tom Eckersley |
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| Associated object | E.263-2004 (Duplicate) |
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| Accession number | E.1875-2004 |
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| Record created | May 3, 2006 |
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