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Suspended loads - stand from under

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

Poster encouraging safety at work depicting the shadowy figure of a man below a suspended crate. The man, with arms outstretched, casts a long shadow across the floor, and the crate above him is tied with rope, and suspended from an unseen point. The whole poster is printed in grey and brown. Towards the top of the image, printed in white and brown letters, on the side of the crate, is the slogan, ‘Suspended loads’, and under the image, 'stand from under’. The artist has signed himself, 'Eckersley' at the bottom of the image. The poster is tall and narrow.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSuspended loads - stand from under (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
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 the shadowy figure of a man below a suspended crate. The man, with arms outstretched, casts a long shadow across the floor, and the crate above him is tied with rope, and suspended from an unseen point. The whole poster is printed in grey and brown. Towards the top of the image, printed in white and brown letters, on the side of the crate, is the slogan, ‘Suspended loads’, and under the image, 'stand from under’. The artist has signed himself, 'Eckersley' at the bottom of the image. The poster is tall and narrow.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.4cm
  • Width: 25.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SUSPENDED LOADS' (Printed in white ('suspended') and brown ('loads') on the side of the crate)
  • 'STAND FROM UNDER' (Printed in black, below the image)
  • 'ML/82' (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 Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced 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, at the bottom of the image)
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.1993 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.1877-2004

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Record createdMay 3, 2006
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