[Tamil Text] [Take Care What You Tell Her!]

description

Object description

whole: the image is positioned in the upper two-thirds. The title and text are separate and located along the top edge and in the lower quarter, in pink and in white. All set against a dark pink background. image: a full-length depiction of a woman, dressed in a sari, and a Ceylonese infantryman, smoking a cigarette, engaged in conversation. text: [Tamil text] PRINTED BY SURVEY DEPT., CEYLON, SEPT:1943 FROM ORIGINAL SUPPLIED BY COMBINED SECURITY BUREAU No. 38

Physical description

No. 38. English language (see PST 15962) and Sinhala language (see PST 15968) versions were also produced.

Inscription

35 [x2]

Inscription

No 71

Inscription

P 32 - 35 Ch. 32 - 35

Object details

Category

Posters

Creator

Unknown (Undefined)
Survey Department of Ceylon (printer)

Production date

1943-09

Place made

Ceylon

Materials

Support: paper

medium: lithograph

Dimensions

Support: Height 787 mm, 587

Catalogue number

Art.IWM PST 15975

Object associations

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