Place | Europe: United Kingdom |
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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
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Women of Britain: Come into the factories
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.