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Learning To Be Doctors in Fiji

Poster
ca. 1949 (made), ca.1949 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Colonial Office (issuer)
Nunney, John (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

'Learning To Be Doctors In Fiji'. Colour offset lithograph poster depicting medical students wearing white coats in discussion around a table in a classroom.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Health
Africa
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleLearning To Be Doctors in Fiji
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Learning To Be Doctors In Fiji'. Colour offset lithograph poster depicting medical students wearing white coats in discussion around a table in a classroom. Designed by John Nunney. Possibly prepared by the Central Office of Information for the Colonial Office, for use in British schools, ca.1945-50.
Physical description
'Learning To Be Doctors In Fiji'. Colour offset lithograph poster depicting medical students wearing white coats in discussion around a table in a classroom.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 50.8cm
  • Size of sheet width: 76.2cm
  • Size of sheet height: 50.6cm
  • Size of sheet width: 75.9cm
Measurements taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'G.P.D./491/13' (Numbered on sheet.)
  • 'Nunney' (Signed.)
Object history
Possibly prepared by the Central Office of Information and for the Colonial Office, for use in British schools.
Production
Posters: British. Possibly prepared by the Central Office of Information, for the Colonial Office, for use in British schools.
Possibly prepared by the Central Office of Information for the Colonial Office, for use in British schools.
Subjects depicted
Education
Medical Students
Classroom
Diagrams
Place depicted
Africa
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other numbers
  • 29/B3 - V&A microfiche
  • G.P.D./491/13 - numbered on sheet
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.376-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
Record URL
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