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A clear plate means a clear conscience
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Maker: Fitton, James H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster advocating frugality. In the centre of the poster is an image of a cleared plate and knife and fork, this is placed on a patterned tablecloth background. The title appe...ARTV06935
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Aircraft of the R.A.F. - Some famous types - I
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicting ten different types of Allied aircraft. The poster was one of a series of similar posters used for the identification of aircraft and features images of the d...ARTV01571
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Air Raid: no safe shelter available
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Maker: Unknown Unknown Unknown
British First World War poster printed with civil defence information in black text regarding accommodation availability in an air raid shelters.ARTV00793
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Allied air offensive against Germany
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
A British Second World War poster illustrating the Allied air offensive against Germany up until 1st January 1941. This British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office...ARTV02271
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Allied air offensive against Germany
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Weiner, J
A British Second World War poster illustrating the Allied air offensive against Germany up until 1st January 1941. This British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office...ARTV02199
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A Map of the British Army with Battle Honours and Military Achievements
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Maker: Belfast Ulster Savings Committee Edinburgh Scottish War Savings Committee London National Savings Committee Field Sons and Co. Ltd.
Issued by the National Savings Committees of England, Scotland and Northern Island this poster is a map of the United Kingdom with inset vignettes of the different local regiments with their battle ho...ARTV02115
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America Marches with the United Nations: A Procession of Photographs of a Nation at War
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Maker: Ministry of Information Office of War Information Multi Machine Plates Ltd
'America Marches with the United Nations' was a very significant exhibition in the history of Scottish museums, as it was the first exhibition to be designed and created in the United States, to be se...ARTV02067
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A message from Her Majesty the Queen to the nurses of Britain...
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Maker: Unknown [S.L : S.N., N.D.]
A British war poster depicting the Queen's image, and a message from the Queen to the nurses of Britain. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth GovernmentARTV02429
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A message from the executive council of the amalgamated engineering union to its members..
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Maker: L & B
This Second World War fuel thrift poster depicts a letter from the Executive Council ofthe Amalgamated Engineering Union to its members, to remind them to save fuel for battle. This item has been dig...ARTV02426
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A Message from the Minister of Fuel and Power to the Management and Workers
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War proclamation-style poster published by the Ministry of Fuel and Power targeting the management and workers (presumably of factories and other such industries), encouraging the...ARTV02004
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A Mosquito
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A De Haviland Mosquito aircraft with RAF camouflage scheme, white and black stripes on lower fuselage, known as 'invasion stripes'. These indicate that this is after D-Day, 6 June 1944.ART23488
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An appeal to you
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Roberts & Leete
British First World War poster issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. A British soldier beckons the viewer to enlist with his left hand, and holds his rifle with fixed bayonet in the right...ARTV00450
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And now!
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Maker: Uptton, Clive Ministry of Supply Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster number 167 poster depicting a British soldier advancing past the bodies of German soldiers towards Japanese soldiers, the horizon is obscured by a Japanese flag (under the 'Beat Hitler...ARTV00049
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An Official Exhibition of Pictures by War Artists...
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Maker: The National Gallery
Poster promoting an exhibition in July 1940 of works by War Artists at the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government....ARTV02340
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Answer the call right quickly
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Chorley & Pickersgill
Depicts the flags of Britain, France, the naval ensign of Russia, and the flag of Belgium as a backdrop for the slogan, printed in black ink, 'Answer the call right quickly'. The use of Allied flags m...ARTV00588
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Any orders today, Sire?
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Depicts the dejected figure of Kaiser Wilhelm II slumped in his throne, overshadowed by the huge winged figure of Death, a skeleton wearing a robe and carrying a sickle. This cartoon was published in ...ART02418
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Appeal to women: make every penny do the work of two...
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary War Savings Committee David Allen & Sons Ltd
British First World War poster issued by the Parliamentary War Savings Committee (Poster No.5) to promote savings for a War Loan. The title and text are a direct appeal to women encouraging them to do...ARTV00921
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Appearance of a long-nosed Blenheim
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Maker: Nash, Paul
Depicts a Second World War Blenhein airplane emerging from a cloud filled sky. Nash was appointed as a British official war artist in March 1940 by the War Artists' Advisory Committee, working for the...ART26679
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A typical hut in Flanders
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Maker: Wright, Edgar Young Men's Christian Association Unknown
This First World War British poster was designed by Edgar Wright and published by the Young Men's Christian Association. The image is of a YMCA hut that was built beside a row of trees in Flanders. Th...ARTV05868
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Australia at War: Drawings at the Front
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Maker: Cecil Palmer & Hayward Ltd. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Ltd.
Advertising poster depicting an Australian soldier in uniform, wearing a steel helmet and carrying a full pack. The poster was produced in London to advertise Will Dyson's publication 'Australia at Wa...ARTV03826
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Australia has promised Britain 50,000 more men
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Maker: Syno Unknown Unknown
Australian First World War recruitment poster. Towards the end of 1915, a War Census of the Australian population showed that 244,000 single men of military age were available for enlistment. Accordin...ARTV05613
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Australia has promised Britain 50,000 more men
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Maker: Syno Unknown
Towards the end of 1915, a War Census of the Australian population showed that 244,000 single men of military age were available for enlistment. Accordingly, on 26 November 1915, the government with W...ARTV00021
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Australia in the War
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Maker: Leist, Fred Grafton Galleries Printing Craft Ltd
Lithographic poster advertising an exhibition of paintings and photographs by Australian artists called 'Australians in the War' which was held at Grafton Galleries, London in 1918. The work depicts f...ARTV07022
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Back them up!
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information. This poster depicts a convoy of British Crusader tanks speeding throu...ARTV02212
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Back them up!
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Maker: Wootton, Frank H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information with artwork by Frank Wootton. The poster depicts a flight of Supermar...ARTV02211
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Back them up!
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Maker: Cuneo, Terence Tenison H.M. Stationery Office British Colour Printing
British Second World War propaganda poster part of a campaign issued by the Ministry of Information early in the war to boost morale and strengthen public support for the war effort. The MOI commissio...ARTV02210
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Back them up! A British cruiser ramming an Italian submarine in the Mediterranean
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Maker: Stone, Marcus H.M. Stationary Office
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information and features artwork by Marus (Marc) Stone. The poster depicts a Briti...ARTV02206
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Back them up!: A raid by "Hudsons" of the Coastal Command on German shipping at Aalesund, Norway, in which eleven ships were hit
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Maker: Turner, Charles Edward H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
British poster depicting a raid by Hudsons of the Coastal Command on German shipping at Aalesund, Norway, in which eleven ships were hit. A Lockheed Hudson aircraft dominates the upper picture plane;...ARTV03909
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Back them up!: "Ducks" amphibious fighting vehicles used for the first time in the Mediterranean landings
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information and features artwork by Captain Charles E Turner RA. The poster depict...ARTV02207
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Back them up!: Heavy bombers of the R.A.F. often fly a total distance of 1,200 miles and over 15,000 ft. mountains in the Alps, to bomb the industrial towns of North Italy
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd
British Second World War poster referring to the vital nature of home front support for British forces overseas. The image fills the top two thirds of the poster with the title underneath. The image...ARTV03902
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Back them up! Heavy Stirling bombers raid the Nazi Baltic part of Lübeck and leave the docks ablaze
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Maker: Nockolds, Roy Ministry of Information Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British poster depicting an air raid on the German port of Lübeck, showing fires and damage to the docks area and appealing to the public for support. The subtitle is 'Heavy Stirling bombers raid the ...ARTV02297
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Back them up!: In the Mediterranean British submarines have caused great havoc to Axis shipping
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Maker: Rumbold, Gilbert H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information and features artwork by Gilbert Rumbold. The poster depicts a submarin...ARTV02208
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Back them up!: R.A.F. day raiders over Berlin's official quarter
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Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd. Jobson, Patrick A H.M. Stationery Office
RAF day raiders over Berlin's official quarters. Several RAF de Havilland Mosquito aircraft are seen flying over Berlin.ARTV03911
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Back them up!: The bombing in daylight of the power station at Knapsack, Germany, by the Royal Air Force
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Maker: Gardner, James H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
British poster depicting the bombing in daylight of the power station at Knapsack, Germany, by the Royal Air Force. A RAF twin-engined Bristol Blenheim is seen leaving the scene.ARTV03906
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Back them up!: The Mediterranean Invasion. British troops, tanks and guns pouring ashore from landing craft
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information. The poster depicts Allied soldiers, tanks, amphibious landing craft, ...ARTV02209
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Back them up!: The R.A.F.'s intensive bombing of Germany's war industries continues
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Maker: Nockolds, Roy H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
British poster depicting the RAF'S intensive bombing of Germany's industries. The subtitle is 'The RAF's intensive bombing of Germany's war industries continues'. Two Lancaster bombers are seen flying...ARTV03910
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Back them up!: The R.A.F.'s intensive bombing of Germany's war industries continues
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Maker: Nockolds, Roy
British poster depicting the RAF'S intensive bombing of Germany's industries. The subtitle is 'The RAF's intensive bombing of Germany's war industries continues'. Two Avro Lancaster bombers are seen f...ARTV02303
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Battle for Fuel: We Must All Keep within Our Target!
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Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster promoting fuel savings. This is one of the 'battle for fuel' series. With the cost of the war mounting as the years passed, the British Government promoted domestic sav...ARTV02073
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Battle of Germany: join an air crew
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Maker: Holmes H.M. Stationery Office
This British war poster depicts RAF Halifaxes flying over a fire from a bomb-damaged German tower.ARTV07256
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Battle of the Atlantic...Warwork News No.4
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster issued by the Ministry for Labour and National Service in the form of a broadsheet titled 'Warwork News'. This is No. 4 and provides information on the Battle of the Atlantic including ...ARTV02111
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"Be Honest With Yourself: Be Certain That Your So-Called Reason is not an Excuse"
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Maker: Soutril, V Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Bemrose and Sons
British recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. Depicts a British artillery crew training a large gun onto a plane that is flying overhead. The illustration, which occu...ARTV00522
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Be in the fashion - cover your hair
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Maker: Rothholz, Hans Arnold Ministry of Labour and National Service Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
British Second World War work safety poster commissioned by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and issued by the Ministry for Labour and National Service featuring photographs of women ...ARTV01036
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Bernard Newman
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Maker: William Brooks & Co. Ltd Ministry of Information
This British Second World War poster was a generic poster produced by the Minsitry of Information to be distributed to different locations where Bernard Newman was speaking. Bernard Newman was a popul...ARTV02186
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Bernard Newman will speak here...
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Maker: Ministry of Information
This British Second World War poster was a generic poster produced by the Minsitry of Information to be distributed to different locations where Bernard Newman was speaking. Bernard Newman was a popul...ARTV02190
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Better pot-luck with Churchill today...
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food Perry Colourprint Ltd
During the Second World War, the British were faced with food shortages, due in part to a concerted campaign by the German Navy, who used U-boats to sink British supply ships. The British government i...ARTV02611
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Beware: Whether alone or in a crowd...
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Maker: Lacoste, Gerald Wightman & Co., Ltd.
British national security poster issued to warn those working in shipping to not to give away information in regards to the movements of Her Majesty's ships. It is a bold design that makes use of cari...ARTV02110
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Be Wise - Economise Your Coal for Winter
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Maker: Bingler H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster by Bingler promoting fuel savings. With the cost of the war mounting as the years passed, the British Government promoted domestic saving to provide more support for fr...ARTV02052
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"Bits and Pieces" Bulletin
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Maker: Shaw Ministry of Aircraft Production Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster for display in aircraft factories depicting aeroplane parts in the shape of a generic Allied single-engine fighter plane - a sort of amalgam of a Spitfire and Hurricane. The poster has ...ARTV01578
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Black Diamonds: Exhibition
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power W.R. Royle & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster produced for an exhibition about 'black diamonds' (coal). This was likely related to a film of the same title produced by Ken Annakin. This item has been digitised wi...ARTV02002
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Bomber crew
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Bomber crew is a group portrait of a Lancaster bomber crew representing the young Australians involved in the air war over Europe during the Second World War. In her capacity as an official war artist...ART26265
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Bombing up a Lancaster for Wing Commander Douglas
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Loading bombs onto a Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster bomber for Bomber Command. Aircraft has protective cover over starboard wheel. Seen in the foreground are two loose bombs and a pair of universal bo...ART26261
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Bones wanted...
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British poster issued to encourage citizens to save bones in support of the war effort. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02414
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Britain Expects That: You Too, This Day, Will Do Your Duty
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Maker: C F The Admiralty Chromoworks Ltd H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster highlighting the national (patriotic) expectation that each Briton 'do [their] duty'. The poster depicts a flag-bearing signaler in the upper section, with a bodiless s...ARTV02087
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Britain is pledged to smash Japan
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Maker: J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
Propaganda was essential for boosting morale particularly during the tail end of the war. During the final strikes against Japan, British forces operated as an integral part of the American task force...ARTV00169
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Britain needs you at once
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd.
Recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, depicting Saint George mounted on a white charger killing a dragon.ARTV01139
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Britain's Air Offensive
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Maker: Her Majesty's Stationary Office
This British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office to help spread word of the successful Allied bombing campaign on German territory. The poster shows most major citie...ARTV02198
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Britain's oil has to be imported...
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power W.R. Royle & Son Ltd.
Second World War thrift poster encouraging the British people to use less oil. This is to reduce the pressure on importation, enabling better logistical management for the merchant seamen. This item ...ARTV02427
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British Army Exhibition
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster promoting a 'British Army Exhibition'. During the Second World War the Ministry of Information held many exhibitions around Britain to display to the people on the home...ARTV02335
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British weapons to defeat Hitler
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (READING : GREENSLADE & CO. (READING) LTD.) Greenslade & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicting a tank with a palm tree behind it in the distance. The tank is firing. Two smaller depictions of tanks with an elephant in one, and a horse in the other, depi...ARTV02317
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British weapons to defeat Hitler
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office H.M. Stationary Office Greenslade & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicting military vessels; the battleship, a cruiser and a destroyer. A small mass of land in the background has a single palm tree. The poster celebrates British mil...ARTV02318
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British women! The Royal Air Force needs your help
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Maker: Unknown Dangerfield Printing Co Ltd
This First World War British poster was designed to encourage women to join the Royal Air Force as motorcyclists, clerks, waitresses and cooks. The poster features a woman in a W.R.A.F uniform pointin...ARTV01304
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Britons. Join your country's army
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Maker: Leete, Alfred Her Majesty's Stationary Office The Curwen Press, Ltd.
This poster is a 1968 reproduction of one of the most well known British First World War posters and one of the most famous and influential images of war propaganda: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener in hi...ARTV04085
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Britons! Your Country Needs You
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Saunders & Cullingham
British recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (poster No. 23). This is a slight variation of the solely text-based designs that were produced at the very beginning (thi...ARTV00435
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"..but for Heaven's sake don't say I told you." Careless talk costs lives
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Maker: [Great Britain S.N., N.D.]
British Second World War poster depicts a man in a blue coat and yellow pants talking in a red phone booth, imploring the listener not to tell anyone that he had told them. The image is surrounded wit...ARTV07196
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But - Russia needs the tools NOW!
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Maker: the Kukryniksy Ministry of Supply Unknown
British war poster issued by the Ministry of Supply. It features a reproduction of a Soviet poster by the Kukryniksy initially published by Iskusstvo in June 1941 in an edition of 2000,000. The image ...ARTV02334
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Buy war bonds now
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Maker: Dangerfield Printing Co Ltd
poster depicting soldiers, carrying rifles with fixed bayonets, going into action, text encourages purchase of war bondsARTV00975
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Buy Your Savings Here: This Is Thanksgiving Week
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Maker: National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh The Whitwell Press Ltd.
British Second World War poster promoting national savings and the sale of savings/bond certificates. This poster was issued on 'Thanksgiving Week' - various weeks given this title around September an...ARTV02114
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Cabinet plate
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Maker: Doulton & Co Royal Doulton
Australian Federation commemorative cabinet plate made by Doulton & Co. in Burslem England. Designed in 1900 by John Slater and John Shorter (Doulton's Australian agent). Printed in sepia on a cream e...ART91509
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Captain Alan Lennox-Short will speak here...
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Information
This British Second World War poster was a generic poster produced by the Minsitry of Information to be distributed to different locations where Captain Alan Lennox-Short was speaking. Captain Lenno...ARTV02194
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Careless talk costs lives: "Be careful what you say & where you say it."
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Maker: Ministry of Information Unknown
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two men speaking at a bar, which is made up of stylised Hitler faces. The image is in the top half of the p...ARTV07201
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Careless talk costs lives: ".....but of course it musn't go any further!"
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Maker: Ministry of Information Unknown
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two men talking in a railway carriage with Herman Goering and Adolf Hitler sitting in the luggage racks ove...ARTV04062
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Careless talk costs lives: ".....but of course it musn't go any further!"
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two men talking in a railway carriage with Herman Goering and Adolf Hitler sitting in the luggage racks ove...ARTV02450
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Careless talk costs lives: "Don't forget that walls have ears!"
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British Second World War cautionary poster depicts two women having tea. The wallpaper is a repeat pattern of Adolf Hitler's head. This one of a series of 'careless talk costs lives' posters by Cyril ...ARTV02448
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Careless talk costs lives: "...strictly between these four walls!'
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two men talking in a Club, in front of a portrait of King Charles II with the face of Adolf Hitler. The ima...ARTV02449
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Careless talk costs lives: Strictly between you and me...
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Maker: British Government
British Second World War poster depicts two men in discussion with Adolf Hitler listening through an open window. This one is part of a series of 'careless talk costs lives' posters by Cyril Kenneth B...ARTV02447
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Careless talk costs lives: " You never know who's listening."
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Maker: Ministry of Information Unknown
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two women talking on a train, with Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering listening from the seat behind them. Th...ARTV07203
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Caricature of Major Walter Lionel Ekin Smyth
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Maker: Milner, Amies
Depicts a caricature of Major Walter Lionel Ekin Smyth, Manchester Regiment, in profile, wearing a red mess jacket and smoking a pipe. Major Walter Lionel Ekin Smyth (b. South Australia, 1909?) attend...ART92751
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Casualty
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts an Australian soldier holding the dead body of a fellow soldier in a barren, war damaged landscape, in the foreground. Behind him are other soldiers and a cloud filled sky. Frank Crozier (1883...ART02170
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China's war is our war
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Maker: Henrion, Frederick Henri Kay LONDON : UNITED AID TO CHINA FUND, [1940] (LONDON : W.S. CRAWFORD)
The United Aid to China Fund was a charitable established by the British and Canadian Red Cross. The initiative was part of a relief and rehabilitation scheme. This item has been digitised with fundi...ARTV02191
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Christmas 1943: latest dates for posting...
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Maker: Beaumont, Leonard G.P.O Fosh & Cross Ltd.
Issued by the General Post Office this poster informs British customers of the latest posting dates for Christmas 1943 and that the Greetings Telegram service is not available. The design is be Leonar...ARTV02441
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60 cigarette cartons: 1 mortar bomb container...
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (S.L. : HUBNERS) Hubners Ltd
This poster is one of a campaign urging British citizens not to waste paper. It informs the viewer that the cardboard from cigarette cartons is needed to make boxes for Mortar Bombs. The inclusion of ...ARTV02417
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Civilian telegraph service to France...
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Maker: Freedman, R Great Britain Post Office
G.P.O poster advertising the civilian telegraph service to France and its current routes. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02436
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Colour Sergeant Tomkins will speak here...
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Maker: Ministry of Information
This British Second World War poster was a generic poster produced by the Minsitry of Information to be distributed to different locations where Colour Sergeant Tomkins was speaking. Colour Sergeant...ARTV02193
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Comradeship!
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Maker: Bailey, Albert E Haycocks Ltd. Dean Street
Post-First World War; recruitment, encampment; Territorial Army; recruiting poster depicting group of men gathered around a camp fire, tents in backgroundARTV04916
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Comrades in arms
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
This poster was produced by the British Government to promote a 1942 exhibition 'Comrades in arms: Pictures of the Soviets at war'. The exhibition was part of a broader campaign to engender support fr...ARTV07481
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Convoy Your Country to Victory: Buy Defence Bonds at Banks and Post Offices
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Hilder, Rowland National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh, Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster promoting the sale of defence bonds. The poster depicts a British Merchant Navy convoy at sea, seen from the deck of a British warship. Two sailors stand on the deck, u...ARTV02080
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Correspondence for the Ceylon, Indian, Southeast Asia commands and the Royal and Merchange Navies in foreign waters...
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Maker: C & R LTD
Great Britain Post Office war poster encouraging thrift in the post-office by using the lightest possible stationery to send letters. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealt...ARTV02432
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Cut Gas and Electricity - They Both Come from Coal
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Fletcher and Son Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster aimed at encouraging the restrictive use of gas and electricity, owing to its reliance upon coal for production. Posters such as these, encouraging Britons to conserve ...ARTV02023
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Cut Your Gas and Electricity: They Both Come from Coal
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster designed to emphasise the need for people on the home front to reduce electricity and gas consumption owing to its dependence on the use of coal. Posters such as this o...ARTV02062
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Cyclists: Help Save Rubber...
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Maker: [LONDON] : MINISTRY OF SUPPLY, 1943 (S.L. : FOSH & CROSS) Fosh & Cross Ltd.
Issued by the Ministry of Supply this poster urges British cyclists to conserve rubber by remembering to keep their tyres fully pumped. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwea...ARTV02418
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Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?
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Maker: Lumley, Savile Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd.
Depicts a father sitting in an armchair with a look of concern across his face. His son plays with toys soldiers below him on the carpet, while his daughter sits on his knee, pointing to a page in her...ARTV00433
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Der Magische Gurtel [The enchanted circle]
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Maker: Erdt, Hans Rudi Konigliche Bild- und Filmamt (Bufa) Vereinigte Kunst-Institute AG, Berlin-Schoneberg
A German First World War propaganda poster that advertises a German official film depicting the submarine U35, which was shot in April 1917. The title of the poster is taken from a speech by Winston C...ARTV10342
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Destruction in Chancery Lane, London
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
The ruins of Kings college in the distance are in evidence as the artist depicts them from his viewpoint in Chancery Lane, London.ART26223
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Dig for Victory
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Maker: Tunbridge, Mary H. Manly & Son
This poster was issued as part of the well known 'Dig for Victory' campaign which encouraged Britons to support the war effort by growing their own food. During the war competitions were held calling ...ARTV02403
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Dig for victory
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Agriculture Weiner, J
British Second World War poster advertising the Dig for Victory campaign. With German U-Boats in the North Atlantic and Channel making trade difficult, British people were encouraged to turn their bac...ARTV01528
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Dig for Victory: all my own work
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Maker: LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (LONDON : H. MANLY & SON) H. Manly & Son
British Second World War poster issued in support of 'the Dig for Victory' campaign. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02412
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Dig for victory for their sake
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Jarrold & Sons Ltd., Norwich
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Agriculture as part of 'the Dig for Victory' campaign. The title text frames a black and white image of a foot and shovel digging into soil....ARTV02411
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Dig for victory now
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office W.R. Royle & son
British Second World War poster advertising the Dig for Victory campaign. With German U-Boats in the North Atlantic and Channel making trade difficult, British people were encouraged to turn their bac...ARTV02413
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Disabled sailors and soldiers. What every man should know...
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Maker: Ministry of Pensions Dangerfield Printing Co Ltd
Poster issued by the British Ministry of Pensions (formed 1916) to provide information to disabled returned servicemen. It consists of a listing of informative facts and statements emphasising that su...ARTV00117
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Don't Be Fuel-Ish
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Maker: Bateman, Henry Mayo Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office Stafford & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of using fuel economically. The poster is one of a campaign featuring humorous cartoons by Henry Bateman that involve a scenario with a cent...ARTV02048