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Nuclear Deterrent Isn't Working

Poster
1982 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Community print shop poster entitled 'Nuclear Deterrent Isn't Working', advertising a picket on the 9th March at a Job Centre in Peckham. The background is depicted as a roughly drawn brick wall with the shadowy outlines of figures beneath a CND symbol and a placard held up by one member of the crowd reading 'Jobs not Bombs'. The location, date and time of the picket is also lettered at the bottom.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleNuclear Deterrent Isn't Working (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Non-laminated poster
Brief description
Community print shop poster by the Greenwich Mural Workshop entitled 'Nuclear Deterrent Isn't Working'. Great Britain, 1982.
Physical description
Community print shop poster entitled 'Nuclear Deterrent Isn't Working', advertising a picket on the 9th March at a Job Centre in Peckham. The background is depicted as a roughly drawn brick wall with the shadowy outlines of figures beneath a CND symbol and a placard held up by one member of the crowd reading 'Jobs not Bombs'. The location, date and time of the picket is also lettered at the bottom.
Dimensions
  • Height: 38cm
  • Width: 50cm
Dimensions measured 28/01/2013
Marks and inscriptions
  • Nuclear Deterrent Isn't Working (Lettered with title)
  • Jobs not Bombs (Lettered)
  • Picket. Tues. 9th. Mar. 12.30 Job Centre Collyer Pl. Peckham (Lettered at the bottom)
Credit line
Given by Greenwich Mural Workshop
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
E.118-2011

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Record createdJanuary 25, 2013
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