Don't Ask A Man To Drink And Drive

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Artist/Maker	HM Government (issuer) Mount, (Edward) Reginald (artist) Evans, Eileen Margaret (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster campaigning against driving under the influence of alcohol. A black ground with white vertical lines down the middle, emulating a road surface, with the text 'DON'T ASK A MAN TO DRINK AND DRIVE' lettered in pink.

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Categories	Prints Propaganda Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Don't Ask A Man To Drink And Drive
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	'Don't Ask A Man To Drink And Drive'. Colour lithograph poster urging safe driving. Designed by (Edward) Reginald Mount and Eileen Margaret Evans. Issued by Her Majesty's Government, Great Britain, 1966.
Physical description	Colour offset lithograph poster campaigning against driving under the influence of alcohol. A black ground with white vertical lines down the middle, emulating a road surface, with the text 'DON'T ASK A MAN TO DRINK AND DRIVE' lettered in pink.
Dimensions	Height: 73.4cm Width: 49.2cm 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	'DON'T / ASK / A MAN / TO / DRINK / AND / DRIVE' (Lettered in pink as main element of design.)
Subjects depicted	Safety Road
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	27/G4 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.216-1982

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O819443/dont-ask-a-man-to-poster-mount-edward-reginald/

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