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The best tip … Give It Up!

Poster
ca.1975 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Ministry of Health (issuer)
Mount, (Edward) Reginald (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster showing an ashtray of cigarette ends with the text 'The best tip … GIVE IT UP!' lettered in white across the top of the design.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Health
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe best tip … Give It Up!
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'The best tip … Give It Up!'. Colour offset lithograph poster designed by (Edward) Reginald Mount, part of an anti-smoking campaign. Prepared by the Central Office of Information for the Ministry of Health, Great Britain, ca.1975.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster showing an ashtray of cigarette ends with the text 'The best tip … GIVE IT UP!' lettered in white across the top of the design.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.1cm
  • 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
  • Signed.
  • 'The best tip … / GIVE IT UP!' (Lettered in white across the top of the sheet as part of the design.)
  • 'CIGARETTES HARM YOUR HEALTH' (Lettered in white across the bottom of the sheet as part of the design.)
Production
Prepared by the Central Office of Information for the Ministry of Health.
Subjects depicted
Public Health
Propaganda
Cigarettes
Ashtrays
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/F11 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.210-1982

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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