The Battle of Britain

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Catalogue number
  • Art.IWM PST 16416
Place made
Great Britain
Subject period
Materials
  • medium: lithograph
  • support: paper
Dimensions
  • Support: Height 372 mm
  • Support: Width 247 mm
Alternative Names
  • object category: Poster
Creator
Category
posters

Object description

whole: the image is positioned in the upper two-thirds, held within narrow black and white borders. The title is separate and placed across the top edge, in black. The main text is separate and located in the lower third, in blue and in black. Further text is integrated and positioned in the upper two-thirds, in black and in red. All set against a yellow background. image: a cartoon depicting a scene outside the gates of a factory. Caricatures of German spies attempt to gain entry to the factory by climbing, or tunneling under, the fence. Other spies ask passing civilians about the factory; their words, in bad English accents, is reported in speech bubbles. text: INTEREST KEEP OUT PLEECE, YOU TALK TOO FAST HERE IS NOT A MUSEUM NEIN? VOT IS IN DER LORRY TAKEN? POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE I AM - HOE YOU SAY - INTERESTED BRITISH STUDENT I AN DER ENGLISH WORKING MAN. VOT INTERESTING PLACE IS DIS PLEECE? MY NAME IS JOHANN BULL. I HAVE GREAT INTEREST IN DER GREAT BRITISH PIPPLE! GUIDE BOOK - BUT IT'S NO SECRET THAT THE INTEREST ON SAVINGS CERTIFICATES IS TAX FREE W.F.P. 203 - Issued by the National Savings Committee, London, and the Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by J. Weiner Ltd., London, W.C.1. 51-4142

Physical description

WFP203 51-4142

Inscription

203

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