Here comes the bride

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number ARTV10093
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 37.2 cm x 25 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description photolithograph
Maker Mount, Edward Reginald
H.M. Stationery Office
W R Royale & Son Ltd
Place made United Kingdom
Date made c. 1942-1944
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 advisory poster designed by Reginald Mount, commissioned by the Ministry of Health and the Central Council for Health Education. The poster depicts a stylised graphic of a white bride walking into the grasp of two shadowy hands symbolic of VD. The poster text advises men with VD to seek free and confidential treatment.