A matter of life or death... Accession Number: ARTV05095

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Ausrtalian Red Cross Society poster, in pulp graphic style, urging people to donate blood. The poster depicts a doctor in the foreground staring to the audience, while in the background a woman and man lay next to each other in hospital beds while receiving blood transfusions; a nurse tends to them.

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Accession Number
ARTV05095
Publisher
[AUSTRALIA : AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, [N.D.] (S.L. : T & C)
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 101 cm x 64 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
c. 1939-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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