Two nurses whispering and causing a nuisance to patients. Colour lithograph after Fougasse, 1958.

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[1958]
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728038i
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Noise almost always annoys
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Two nurses whispering and causing a nuisance to patients. Colour lithograph after Fougasse, 1958. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] : Published by King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, [1958] ([London] : F[osh] & C[ross] Ltd.)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 29.5 x 19.5 cm.

Lettering

Whisper whisper ... The nuisance value of sound often bears little relation to its intensity. (Report on noise control in hospitals, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London). Noise almost always annoys. Published by King Edward's Hospital Fund for London from a drawing kindly presented by Fougasse. Fougasse

References note

James Taylor, Careless talk costs lives: Fougasse and the art of public information, London: Conway, 2010, pp. 14-15

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Wellcome Collection 728038i

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