Why be another sheep?
Poster
1966 (issued)
1966 (issued)
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Colour offset lithograph poster, part of an anti-smoking campaign. The outlines of four cartoon sheep, each holding a cigarette in their mouth, against a green ground. 'Why be another sheep?' lettered in yellow in the top-left corner of the design and 'Before you smoke – THINK' lettered below.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Why be another sheep? |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | 'Why be another sheep?' 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, 1966. |
| Physical description | Colour offset lithograph poster, part of an anti-smoking campaign. The outlines of four cartoon sheep, each holding a cigarette in their mouth, against a green ground. 'Why be another sheep?' lettered in yellow in the top-left corner of the design and 'Before you smoke – THINK' lettered below. |
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| Production | Prepared by the Central Office of Information for the Ministry of Health. |
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| 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/F10 - V&A microfiche |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.209-1982 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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