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The Feat of Lieutenant Ilya Shuklin

Poster
1942 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ilya Shuklin's Feat. Soviet WW2 poster.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Feat of Lieutenant Ilya Shuklin
Materials and techniques
Half-tone line-block printed in yellow and black
Brief description
Ilya Shuklin's Feat. Soviet WW2 poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 45.9cm
  • Width: 30.1cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Russian; Cyrillic; above the image; printing; ink)
    Translation
    The Feat of Lieutenant Ilya Shuklin
  • (Russian; Cyrillic; Below the image; printing; ink; Bebnii, Demian)
    Translation
    The German tanks were coming down the glade. / They could not see the gun behind the hill. / The gun was sterling Soviet. / They were thirty, it was - One / This single gun destroyed tanks wonderfully - / From the front, the sides, and from behind. / Fourteen tanks were thus blown up. / The sixteen left retreated. / That was a feat, what a feat! / The opposing forces were clearly uneven: / The German tanks a force without number, / They were thirty, it was - One. / That gun disposed of a whole force of tanks, / Because it was strong with angry strength: / Manned by seven fearless men / Under the command of Lieutenant Ilya Shuklin. / AN EIGHTSOME OF HEROES AND A GUN BEHIND A HILL / TURNED THE ENEMIES ADVANCE INTO RETREAT, / BECAUSE THAT HEROIC EIGHTSOME / HAD THE WHOLE HEROIC SOVIET PEOPLE BEHIND THEM.
  • (Russian; Cyrillic; Top right; printing; ink)
    Translation
    TASS WINDOW No 545
  • (Russian; Cyrillic; To bottom right of image; printing; ink)
    Translation
    Artist M. Solov'ev
  • Demian Bebnii (Cyrillic; To bottom right of verse; printing; ink)
  • (Russian; Cyrillic; Along the bottom; printing; ink)
    Translation
    Kuibyshev State Publishing House. Passed for printing 22 October 1942. EO30745. Bulk 1/4 p.l. Edition 25 000. Format 60 x 92/4. Price 1r.25k. / Myagi Press "Polygraphkniga" group, Kuibyshev, Venieka St. 60. Order No. 1307 Artistic foundation USSR.
Credit line
Given in memory of Sir Alexander Sharp Bethune, Bt.
Production
Reason For Production: retail
Subjects depicted
Other number
545 - series number
Collection
Accession number
E.615-1998

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Record createdOctober 27, 1999
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