recto: It's not your job to take risks; verso: Made to measure... Accession Number: ARTV01718

Description

One of over 200 work health and safety posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War effort. During the war, it was important to have each work-age individual available for work.

This poster is printed on both sides.

Details

Accession Number
ARTV01718
Artist
Desmond Moore
Artist
Wyndham Robinson
Publisher
Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Printer
Loxley Brothers Ltd
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: photolithograph
Measurement
Sheet: 73 x 49 cm
Medium
photolithograph
Date Made
1945
Place Made
London
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated in 1948
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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