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Swarf Cuts Thin Shoes

Poster
1944 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two photo-chromo-lithograph health and safety posters printed either side of a single sheet. Image 1 is signed and dated 'Pat Keely '44' and is a depiction of a piece of metal swarf lying on a wooden factory floor, on top of a footprint. Part of the swarf is shaped into the word 'Swarf'. Image 2 by Rothholz is a depiction of a worker lying face down on the floor, a box by his side, having been tripped up by an untied shoelace on his left boot.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Swarf Cuts Thin Shoes (generic title)
  • Here lies the victim of an untied shoe-lace (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photo-chromo-lithography
Brief description
Two photo-chromo-lithograph health and safety posters printed on either side of a single sheet. One designed by Pat Keely and other by H. A. Rothholz. Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service during the Second World War. Great Britain, ca.1944.
Physical description
Two photo-chromo-lithograph health and safety posters printed either side of a single sheet. Image 1 is signed and dated 'Pat Keely '44' and is a depiction of a piece of metal swarf lying on a wooden factory floor, on top of a footprint. Part of the swarf is shaped into the word 'Swarf'. Image 2 by Rothholz is a depiction of a worker lying face down on the floor, a box by his side, having been tripped up by an untied shoelace on his left boot.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 30in
  • Size of sheet width: 20in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Marks and inscriptions
One side is signed and dated 'Pat Keely '44'.
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
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection
Accession number
E.2132-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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