The Man Who Wasted Precious Oil! Don't Waste Oil

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Artist/Maker	Ministry of Fuel and Power (issued by) Bateman, Henry Mayo (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

'The Man Who Wasted Precious Oil! Don't Waste Oil'; Poster issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power during the Second World War; Showing a man in the centre in brown dungarees and blue jumper, covered in oil, with two rows of line drawn men on either side looking angrily at him. Text above and below; Colour offset lithograph; Signed.

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Categories	Prints Propaganda Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	The Man Who Wasted Precious Oil! Don't Waste Oil
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph Colour Offset Lithography Photo Lithograph
Brief description	'The Man Who Wasted Precious Oil! Don't Waste Oil'; Poster issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power during the Second World War; Colour offset lithograph; Signed; Design by Henry Mayo Bateman; Great Britain; c.1939-1945.
Physical description	'The Man Who Wasted Precious Oil! Don't Waste Oil'; Poster issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power during the Second World War; Showing a man in the centre in brown dungarees and blue jumper, covered in oil, with two rows of line drawn men on either side looking angrily at him. Text above and below; Colour offset lithograph; Signed.
Dimensions	Height: 75.9cm Width: 50.5cm 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
Marks and inscriptions	Signed.
Subjects depicted	Waste Men Oil Dungarees
Associated objects	E.2164-1946 (Series) E.2165-1946 (Series) E.2166-1946 (Series) E.148-1973 (Series) E.158-1973 (Series)
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	2/G4 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2138-1946

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O606019/the-man-who-wasted-precious-poster-bateman-henry-mayo/

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