Episodes in the life of a stupid fellow; Take a pride in your cycle and enjoy riding; verso: on field or road obey the code; They must obey their rules, you must obey the highway code

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Accession Number ARTV02109
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 38.2 x 50.6 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description photolithograph on paper
Maker Cusden, Leonard
Goold, R
Mendoza, Montague Philip
Wilson, Radcliffe
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

Four separate images on recto and verso of the sheet. Recto: left image: 'Episodes in the life of a stupid fellow; Stealing rides is unsporting and dangerous' depicts a boy walking with crutches who has climbed on the back of a moving truck, taking a risk that has caused him an accident; right image: 'Take a pride in your cycle and enjoy riding' shows a diagram describing the various parts of a bicycle. Verso: left image: 'Out/ Stop; On the field or road, obey the code' depicts a traffic policeman halting traffic and a man ordering people out of the field where a cricket game is taking place; right image: 'They must obey their rules, you must obey the highway code' depicts a set of traffic lights with an image in each light of a serviceman obeying the rules (soldier in a tank, pilot, man in truck).

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