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Broken Strands-Torn Hands-Watch Out for Needling

Poster
ca.1946 (published)
Artist/Maker
Ministry of Labour and National Service (issuer)
Loxley Bros. Ltd. (printers)
Thomas Eckersley (artist)
Pat Keely (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Two colour offset lithograph safety posters printed either side of a single sheet.

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Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Poster
  • Poster
  • Poster
Titles
  • Broken Strands-Torn Hands-Watch Out for Needling (generic title)
  • To Avoid Accident-help the newcomers (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photo-chromo-lithography
Paper
Printing Inks
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
Two colour offset lithograph safety posters printed either side of a single sheet. One designed by Thomas Eckersley and the other by Patrick Cokayne Keely. Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service during the Second World War. Great Britain, ca.1942.
Physical description
Two colour offset lithograph safety posters printed either side of a single sheet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
Credit line
Given by the Ministry of Information
Production
This object is one sheet with two different photo-chromo-lithograph poster designs, by separate artists, printed on either side.
Subjects depicted
Accidents
Safety
Needle
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
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2160-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O606000/broken-strands-torn-hands-watch-poster-thomas-eckersley/
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