Object details

Category
Posters
Related period
Second World War (content)
Creator
Purvis, Tom (Undefined)
ARP [Air Raid Precautions] (publisher/sponsor)
Place made
Great Britain
Materials

Support: paper

medium: lithograph and letterpress

Dimensions

Support: Height 255 mm, Width 760 mm

Catalogue number
Art.IWM PST 21370

Object associations

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