You are being followed. . .
Poster
1940s (made)
1940s (made)
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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.
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Title | You 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. |
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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.1988 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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Accession number | E.1874-2004 |
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Record created | May 3, 2006 |
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