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Poster

1957 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Ministry of Transport (issuer)
Mount, (Edward) Reginald (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster showing a glass bottle on its side with a clockface on its base and lettered 'Get Rid Of That Bottleneck By Staggering Work Hours', all against a red ground.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Get Rid Of That Bottleneck By Staggering Work Hours'. Colour lithograph poster prepared by the Central Office of Information for the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. Designed by Edward reginald Mount, Great Britain, 1957.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster showing a glass bottle on its side with a clockface on its base and lettered 'Get Rid Of That Bottleneck By Staggering Work Hours', all against a red ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100.4cm
  • Width: 63.4cm
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.
  • 'GET RID OF THAT / BOTTLENECK' (Lettered in yellow above the bottle.)
  • 'BY / STAGGERING / WORK HOURS' (Lettered in white below the bottle.)
Production
Prepared by the Central Office of Information for the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.
Subjects depicted
Work
Travel
Transport
Bottle
Clock
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/F4 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.206-1982

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O548573/poster-mount-edward-reginald/
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