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You are being followed. . .

Poster
1940s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster encouraging road safety depicting a vehicle's wing mirror reflecting another car. The scene is set against a green background, and the mirror is seen as a disc, with the car reflected in it coloured red and half in shadow. At the top of the poster is the slogan in large black letters, ‘You are being followed’, and below the image, in red, ‘use’, and in black ‘your driving mirror’, at a slight diagonal angle. The artist has signed himself, 'Eckersley' at the lower right edge of the image.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleYou are being followed. . . (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
Physical description
Poster encouraging road safety depicting a vehicle's wing mirror reflecting another car. The scene is set against a green background, and the mirror is seen as a disc, with the car reflected in it coloured red and half in shadow. At the top of the poster is the slogan in large black letters, ‘You are being followed’, and below the image, in red, ‘use’, and in black ‘your driving mirror’, at a slight diagonal angle. The artist has signed himself, 'Eckersley' at the lower right edge of the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.3cm
  • Width: 50.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'YOU ARE BEING FOLLOWED' (Printed in black, towards the top of the image)
  • 'USE YOUR DRIVING MIRROR' (Printed in red ('use') and black, towards the bottom the image, and set at a diagonal angle)
  • 'HCP/4' (The issue number is printed in the lower left-hand corner)
  • '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, along the edge of the cable)
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
Other number
LS.1988 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.1874-2004

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Record createdMay 3, 2006
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