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United Nations Day 24 October 1977

Poster
1977 (issued)
Artist/Maker
HM Government (issuer)
Mount, (Edward) Reginald (artist)
Evans, Eileen Margaret (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster advertising 'United Nations Day 24 October 1977'. The design shows a flower, created from national flag designs from around the world, entwined by two strands of barbed-wire. The design features a quote from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the left of the flower: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleUnited Nations Day 24 October 1977
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'United Nations Day 24 October 1977'. Colour lithograph poster designed by (Edward) Reginald Mount and Eileen Margaret Evans. Prepared by the Central Office of Information for Her Majesty's Government, Great Britain, 1977.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster advertising 'United Nations Day 24 October 1977'. The design shows a flower, created from national flag designs from around the world, entwined by two strands of barbed-wire. The design features a quote from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the left of the flower: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
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
  • 'United Nations Day 24 October 1977' (Lettered across the top of the poster.)
  • '"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights"' (Lettered in white to the left of the flower.)
Subjects depicted
Human Rights
Quotations (Texts)
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
27/G5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.215-1982

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O548565/united-nations-day-24-october-poster-mount-edward-reginald/
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