Keep Britain Tidy
Poster
1951 (issued)
1951 (issued)
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'Keep Britain Tidy'. Colour lithograph poster with a design featuring a pastiche of Britannia, with a figure seated in a wheeled cart, holding a road brush as the staff and with text on his torso. The wheel spokes represent the British flag. Text is in green, blue and red against a blue backround. Signed.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Keep Britain Tidy |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithography |
| Brief description | 'Keep Britain Tidy'. Colour lithograph poster with a design featuring a pastiche of Britannia. Designed by Abram Games. Prepared for the Ministry of Housing and Local Government by the Central Office of Information. Great Britain. 1951. |
| Physical description | 'Keep Britain Tidy'. Colour lithograph poster with a design featuring a pastiche of Britannia, with a figure seated in a wheeled cart, holding a road brush as the staff and with text on his torso. The wheel spokes represent the British flag. Text is in green, blue and red against a blue backround. Signed. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Signed.) |
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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 |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.152-1980 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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