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  • Let's Sock the Fascist On the Jaw and Finish Him for Evermore Let's Sock the Fascist On the Jaw and Finish Him for Evermore

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1943-01

    whole: the six images occupy the majority, each set against a white background. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in black. The text is integrated and placed with each image, and separate and located in the lower quarter, both in...

  • Montgomery: Montgomery: "Well, why shouldn't I retire into politics too?"

    (art) Made by: Cummings, Michael 1958

    image: A caricature of Montgomery. He wears a bowler hat and dark overcoat, has a furled umbrella hanging on his left arm, and stands at his front door adjusting his gloves. Turned out towards the viewer, the caption reads 'Well, why shouldn't I retire...

  • 'Cinderella Up-to-date' (Montgomery) 'Cinderella Up-to-date' (Montgomery)

    (art) Made by: Low, David (Sir) 1952-03-17

    image: A scene in an office with a large map on the wall labelled 'DEFENCE OF EUROPE'. To the left of the composition a man in a dark suit kneels in front of a large cushion lying at the feet of another man seated in a chair and dressed in an oversized...

  • "Hello, Ike! Awfully glad to see you!" [Field Marshal Lord Montgomery has gone on a visit to America]

    (art) Made by: Weisz, Victor 1962

    image: President Eisenhower seated at a desk and looking through a newspaper headlined '"WHAT DO SOLDIERS KNOW ABOUT GOVERNMENT- NOTHING." - FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY LAST WEEK'. Another newspaper lies on the desktop, headlined '"WESTERN LEADERSHIP IS NON...

  • 'As they Might Have Been - XII Lord Montgomery' 'As they Might Have Been - XII Lord Montgomery'

    (art) Made by: Hewison, Bill 1960

    image: A cartoon of Montgomery as a Gandhi-like Indian holy man, seated barefoot and cross-legged on a rug, wrapped in a shawl, his head shaven. He sits on a ledge high up on a mountain-side, a begging bowl in front of him and a view of mountains in the...

  • "I'd call South Africa the Cat's Whiskers" - Field-Marshal Montgomery in Cape Town on December 4, 1959

    (art) Made by: Weisz, Victor 1959-12-08

    image: Montgomery in a suit, bowler hat and umbrella standing in tall grass and confronted with a huge, slavering tiger with 'APARTHEID' scrawled on its flank text: "I'D CALL SOUTH AFRICA THE CAT'S WHISKERS" FIELD-MARSHAL MONTGOMERY IN CAPE TOWN ON DEC.4...

  • 'Marshal Koniev comes out of retirement to be Russian C-in-C in East Germany' (Montgomery) 'Marshal Koniev comes out of retirement to be Russian C-in-C in East Germany' (Montgomery)

    (art) Made by: Weisz, Victor 1961-08-11

    image: Montgomery in signature beret and sweater stands in the centre of the composition, reading a broadsheet with the following text 'MARSHAL KONIEV COMES OUT OF RETIREMENT TO BE RUSSIAN C.-IN-C IN EAST GERMANY'. A hat stand with a bowler hat and...