An engraving of a hand holding a photograph of a cigarette. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount and Eileen Evans, October 1965.
- Mount, Reginald.
- Date:
- [October 1965]
- Reference:
- 22666i
- Pictures
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Description
The engraving of the hand is derived from an eighteenth-century work on cheiromancy; it is marked with cheiromantic indicators, e.g. line of heart, line of health
Publication/Creation
[London] : Prepared for the Ministry of Health by the Central Office of Information : Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, [October 1965] ([Place of manufacture not identified] : MMP Ltd.)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in pink, buff, pale green and russet ; sheet 74.3 x 49 cm
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Use your head: don't tempt fate: cigarettes can affect your heart, damage your health, and may shorten your life. Mount/Evans
Bears Central Office of Information number: SM23
Bears number (after printer's name) : 16797-10/65-8517
Reference
Wellcome Collection 22666i
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Copyright is currently (1995) administered by the Central Office of Information (COI). In a letter of 12 June 1995, the COI authorised the Wellcome Institute Library to supply one copy of this work to any one user of the Library for the purposes of research and/or private study and not for further reproduction
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