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Progress with the RAF

Poster
1945 (made)
Artist/Maker
Waterlow & Sons (printers)
H. M. Stationery Office (publishers)
Eckersley, Tom OBE (designer)
Place of origin
London (published)

World War II propaganda poster encouraging enrolment in the RAF. The image is of a large blue arrow, pointing to the left, and with an RAF fighter plane upon it. Above the arrow, parallel with its edge and printed in brown are the words, 'Progress with the RAF', and below the arrow, 'Join the Regular Air Force'. The artist's name and the date, 'Eckersley. 45', are printed in the lower right corner of the poster.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleProgress with the RAF (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
World War II propaganda poster encouraging enrolment in the RAF, designed by Tom Eckersley, for HMSO, United Kingdom, 1945
Physical description
World War II propaganda poster encouraging enrolment in the RAF. The image is of a large blue arrow, pointing to the left, and with an RAF fighter plane upon it. Above the arrow, parallel with its edge and printed in brown are the words, 'Progress with the RAF', and below the arrow, 'Join the Regular Air Force'. The artist's name and the date, 'Eckersley. 45', are printed in the lower right corner of the poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.8cm
  • Width: 76.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'PROGRESS WITH THE RAF' (Printed in brown, parallel with the upper edge of the arrow)
  • 'JOIN THE REGULAR AIR FORCE' (Printed in brown, parallel with the lower edge of the arrow)
  • 'CS8' (The issue number, printed in the lower right-hand corner)
  • 'PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY WATERLOW & SONS LTD. 51-1718' (Printing and publishing information, printed in the lower left-hand corner of the poster)
  • 'ECKERSLEY. 45 (Artist's name, and date, lower right of the image)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
War
Military
Planes
Fighters
World War II (1939-45)
Other number
LS.1996 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1878-2004

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Record createdMay 3, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O123622/progress-with-the-raf-poster-eckersley-tom-obe/
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