Going ashore?

Accession Number ARTV09903
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 36.5 cm x 24 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph on paper
Maker H.M. Stationery Office
J Weiner Ltd
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made c. 1939-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

British poster warning against the dangers of revealing the movements of ships and the contents of their cargoes, for fear that this information would lead to the destruction of these ships by the Nazis. The idea that a spy could be innocuous is humourously illustrated though the use of a splendind multicoloured parrot, who is leaning forward with one eye bulging out and intently listening. The parrot is wearing a black cap with a nazi emblem on it. A cargo ship is in the background, steam streaming from its stack. A rope border surrounds the entire poster.