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Description: | Concept: civilian effort, health / safety, civilian personnel, workers, medical / convalescence, animals, cartoons, anatomy Description: whole: The poster is double-sided. Side 1: the six images occupy the majority, each held within a narrow blue border. The title and text are separate and placed along the top edge, in blue, and bottom edge, in black. Further text is integrated and located in the upper left and lower right, in black, in red and in white. All set against a white background. Side 2: the image is placed in the central third, partially set against a white inset. The title and text are separate and located in the upper quarter and lower quarter, in white, in blue and in red. All set against a black background. image 1: the first image shows the character of Percy Vere, indicating a sign, stating 'Don't Leave Your Litter Lying About', to a small group of dogs at his feet. The second image shows Percy beckoning the dogs to follow him. The third image is of Percy building a wooden crate. The fourth image is of Percy placing the dogs in the crate. The fifth image shows Percy standing on a wooden board, with nails embedded in it, that springs up and hits him from behind. The final image is of the dogs holding up various safety posters at Percy. image 2: a stylised depiction of an eye. The left half is red, whilst the right half is caught in a beam of light. text 1: (No.14) PERCY VERE by Mendoza DON'T LEAVE YOUR LITTER ABOUT PICK IT UP WATCH YOUR STEP!! 'WARE NAILS! GET FIRST AID AT ONCE Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Terminal House, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1. MLH/173 Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD. text 2: GRIT IN THE EYE LEE-ELLIOTT 43 GET SKILLED AID Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Terminal House, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1. MLFA/175 Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD. Object: hammer | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Mendoza (recto) & Lee-Elliott (verso) Printer: Loxley Brothers Ltd, London and Sheffield Publisher/Sponsor: Ministry of Labour and National Service; Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3370... | Go to resource |
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