Telling a friend may mean telling the enemy

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number ARTV03639
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 76.3 x 50.6 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description Offset lithograph on paper
Maker Unknown
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 Second World War poster cautions against indiscriminate talk. The poster depicts four couples in each corner, the narrative of the communicated message begins with the soldier in the top left corner, and ends in the lower right corner with a German spy. The upper left quadrant contains a soldier in a khaki British forage cap talking to a blonde woman on a red background with the word 'TELLING' in white lettering. The upper right quadrant contains the same blonde woman talking to a red-headed woman on a white background with the words 'a friend may' in blue lettering. The lower left quadrant contains the same red-headed woman talking to a black-haired woman on a white background with the words 'mean telling' in blue lettering. The lower right quadrant contains the same black-haired woman talking to a blonde man (who symbolises the enemy) on a red background with the words 'THE ENEMY' in white lettering.

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