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Milk. The Essential Food For Growing Children.

Poster
c.1939-1945 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Milk. The Essential Food For Growing Children'. Colour offset lithograph poster. Signed.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMilk. The Essential Food For Growing Children.
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithography
Brief description
'Milk. The Essential Food For Growing Children'. Colour offset lithograph poster. Designed by James Fitton. Issued by the Ministry of Food during the Second World War, c.1939-45.
Physical description
'Milk. The Essential Food For Growing Children'. Colour offset lithograph poster. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75cm
  • Width: 49.5cm
Dimensions 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
(Signed.)
Subjects depicted
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 number
13/A1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.509-1985

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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