Women of Britain: Come into the factories

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number ARTV03534
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 74.8 x 49 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph on paper
Maker Zec, Phillip
H.M. Stationery Office
Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
Date made 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

During the Second World War with the need to mobilise women into the workforce recruitment posters aimed solely at women became common. This poster by Philip Zec, a cartoonist who worked for the 'Daily Telegraph', is often noted for its referencing of heroic Soviet poster art.