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Your eyes are more useful…than false ones for heaven's sake protect them

Poster
1939-1945 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour poster with an alternative poster on the back.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleYour eyes are more useful…than false ones for heaven's sake protect them (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour process engraving
Brief description
'Your eyes are more useful…than false ones for heaven's sake protect them'. Poster designed by F. Kenwood Giles and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. Colour lithograph, 1939-1945.
Physical description
Colour poster with an alternative poster on the back.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 76.2cm
  • Size of sheet width: 50.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'F. Kenwood Giles' (Signed)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.2706-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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