The bight at this height not this

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Artist/Maker	Loxley (printers) Accidents (publisher) Fries (designer)
Place of origin	London (printed and published)

Colour lithograph and offset poster, printed on paper

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Categories	Designs Posters
Object type	Print
Title	The bight at this height not this (published title)
Materials and techniques	lithographic ink, printer's ink, paper, offset lithography, colour lithography Printer's Ink Lithographic Ink Paper Colour Lithography Offset
Brief description	Poster designed by Leonard Fries: 'The bight at this height not this'. Poster illustrating the correct lashing for crane loads, published by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. Printed by Loxley Bros. Ltd. British, colour lithograph and offset, c.1949
Physical description	Colour lithograph and offset poster, printed on paper
Dimensions	Height: 74.1cm Width: 49.4cm
Marks and inscriptions	Fries (Signed) Issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Terminal House 52 Grovesnor Gardens London S.W.1. (Lettered)
Subject depicted	Crane
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.423-1989

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Record created	December 9, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O177508/the-bight-at-this-height-print-fries/

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