Art and Heritage Online Database

Collection: Gray's School of Art Collection; Gray's School of Art Graphic Design Collection 1969-2011
Object Type: Graphic Design: Poster
Artist/Maker: Shearer, Charles
Place Made: Gray's School of Art
Date: 1978
Media/Materials: ink on paper
Dimensions: overall: 42 cm x 29.8 cm
Classification: Design: Graphics

Description:

Unmounted poster advertising free contraception. Illustration of a large red heart, torn in the middle, with 'careless love' written across it in black and a small line drawing of a foetal baby in the lower right hand corner. Text states: 'Contraception is free to single and married women of any age and is completely confidential. Details from your Doctor or Family Planning Clinic. Published by the Health Education Department of the Grampian Health Board in Association with the Scottish Health Education Unit.' Black and red ink on white paper.

Object Number: ABDRG2016.293