Work and sport contrasted: work as grimy and unhealthy factories, sport as playing with a ball in the sunshine amid flowers; representing the health benefits of sport and fresh air for industrial workers. Colour lithograph after Jean A. Mercier, 1940.

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Work and sport contrasted: work as grimy and unhealthy factories, sport as playing with a ball in the sunshine amid flowers; representing the health benefits of sport and fresh air for industrial workers. Colour lithograph after Jean A. Mercier, 1940.