Rout out Rats: Rats spread Disease, Rats destroy Food, Rats destroy Property...

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number ARTV01950
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 75.2 cm x 50.5 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph on paper
Maker London : H.M. Stationary Office
J. Weiner Ltd.
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made 1939-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

British Second World War poster depicting a cornered rat. The poster was produced by Britain's His Majesty's Stationary Office, to encourage rat control during the war, as a form of preventative health.

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