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Poison Splinters- Get First Aid

Poster
ca.1942-1944 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Poster
  • Poster
  • Poster
Titles
  • Poison Splinters- Get First Aid (generic title)
  • Keep the Gangway Clear (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photo-chromo-lithography
Brief description
Two colour offset lithograph health and safety posters printed either side of a single sheet. One designed by Thomas Eckersley and the other by Grace Lydia Golden. Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service during the Second World War, Great Britain, ca.1944.
Physical description
Two colour offset lithograph health and safety posters printed either side of a single sheet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
Dimensions 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
Credit line
Given by the Ministry of Information
Production
This object is one sheet with two different colour offset lithograph poster designs, by separate artists, printed on either side.
Subjects 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
Collection
Accession number
E.2156-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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