If the umpire says 'out'; Dashing means stop at the kerb; verso: You never know who's coming; Cross at the proper time and place Accession Number: ARTV02108

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Four separate images on the recto and verso of the sheet. Recto: left image: 'If the umpire says 'out', abide by the rules, the park is the best place to be in' depicts a London policeman thumbing a young red-haired boy holding a cricket bat, to move to the park and play; right image (horizontal): 'Dashing means danger' show a mother duck with her ducklings just alighted from a bus, the bus conductor being a monkey. One of the ducklings has dashed out in front of a passing car and is at risk of being run over. A squirrel on a bicycle next to the car looks on in alarm and a rabbit at right admonishes the chicks to stay with their mother. The mother duck is quacking at her small offspring. Verso: left image: 'Stop at the kerb, you never know what's coming!' shows a tramp holding a bright red flag holding up the traffic for a small schoolboy to cross the road. The schoolboy is wearing a bright blue cap. The red motor vehicle being stopped is driven by a fur-coated man wearing driving goggles with his lady dressed in finery holding up an umbrella; right image (horizontally): 'Cross at the proper time and place' depicts a traffic policeman directing two small children to cross the road under a set of certain circumstances.

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Accession Number
ARTV02108
Artist
Grimes
Artist
Montague Philip Mendoza
Artist
Harry Rowntree
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: photolithograph on paper
Measurement
Overall: 38.2 cm x 50.8 cm
Medium
photolithograph on paper
Date Made
1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated in 1946
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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