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Safety Week. Be On Guard Against Accidents

Poster
1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster issued to coincide with a Safety Week held in London by the National Safety First Association.

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Object type
TitleSafety Week. Be On Guard Against Accidents (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Safety Week. Be On Guard Against Accidents'. Colour lithograph poster designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Issued by the London Passenger Transport Board to coincide with a Safety Week held in London by the National Safety First Association, Great Britain, 1933.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster issued to coincide with a Safety Week held in London by the National Safety First Association.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.3cm
  • Width: 74.6cm
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.
Subject 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
22/C6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.521-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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