Asking for Trouble

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Artist/Maker	Ministry of Labour and National Service (publisher) Eckersley, Tom (OBE) (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (published)

Colour lithograph poster depicting a person's foot stepping through and breaking a rung of a wooden ladder. 'Asking For Trouble' is lettered below the image in black capitals. On the reverse of the sheet is an alternative comic strip poster by 'Mendoza' titles 'Lifting like that is dangerous' (see E.2705a-1962).

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Categories	Prints Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Asking for Trouble (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Asking for Trouble'. Colour lithograph poster promoting safe use of ladders. Designed by Thomas Eckersley. Produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service during the Second World War, Great Britain, 1939-45.
Physical description	Colour lithograph poster depicting a person's foot stepping through and breaking a rung of a wooden ladder. 'Asking For Trouble' is lettered below the image in black capitals. On the reverse of the sheet is an alternative comic strip poster by 'Mendoza' titles 'Lifting like that is dangerous' (see E.2705a-1962).
Dimensions	Size of sheet height: 76.2cm Size of sheet width: 50.8cm Measurements 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	'Eckersley' (Signed) 'ASKING FOR TROUBLE' (Lettered in black below the image)
Subjects depicted	Safety Accident Ladder Shoe
Associated object	E.2705A-1962 (Part)
Bibliographic references	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964. 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	11/D8 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2705-1962

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O699890/asking-for-trouble-poster-eckersley-tom-obe/

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