The Battle of Britain

Is This You? You Have Been Warned

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Catalogue number
  • Art.IWM PST 16744
Production date
1942-05
Place made
Great Britain
Subject period
Materials
  • medium: lithograph
  • support: paper
Dimensions
  • Support: Height 445 mm
  • Support: Width 495 mm
Alternative Names
  • object category: Poster
Creator
Category
posters

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Object description

whole: the image is positioned in the lower half. The title is separate and placed along the top edge, in red outlined black. The subtitle is integrated and located in the lower quarter, in red and black cursive script. The text is separate and positioned in the upper half, in red and in black. All set against a white background. image: caricatures of two foolish-looking soldiers, sitting at desks in separate rooms, talking to each other on the telephone. The telephone cable that connects them forms into the letters of the poster's subtitle. Between the two men is a depiction of an ear superimposed on a swastika symbol. text: IS THIS YOU? ARE YOU ONE OF THE MAJORITY TO WHOM DISCRETION ON THE TELEPHONE MEANS NOTHING? - IF SO - THINK - AND THINK AGAIN OF THE CONSEQUENCES - LOSS OF LIFE LOSS OF SHIPPING LOSS OF MATERIAL DISASTER COURT MARTIAL DISGRACE You have been Warned 3239/PMEK-5,000-5/42

Physical description

3239/PMEK-5,000-5/42

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