Release and Reinstate

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Artist/Maker	Islington Bus Company (printer) Islington Miners Support Group (designer) Andrew Howard (printer)
Place of origin	London (made)

Portrait poster supporting the 1984-1985 miners strike, in black and white. The centre left of the poster shows a faded picture of a miner, looking up and across the poster to the top right corner, where four white stripes convey the bars in a prison cell. The poster calls for all sacked miners to be released from prison and reinstated in their roles.

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Categories	Posters Prints Politics
Object type	Poster
Title	Release and Reinstate (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Screen printing, paper, plastic laminate Paper Plastic Laminate Screen Printing
Brief description	Poster, produced by Andrew Howard for the Islington Bus Company in collaboration with the Islington Miners Support Group, 1985.
Physical description	Portrait poster supporting the 1984-1985 miners strike, in black and white. The centre left of the poster shows a faded picture of a miner, looking up and across the poster to the top right corner, where four white stripes convey the bars in a prison cell. The poster calls for all sacked miners to be released from prison and reinstated in their roles.
Dimensions	Height: 77.6cm Width: 53.8in Poster featured in the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is easy...?'
Marks and inscriptions	RELEASE AND REINSTATE / ALL SACKED AND JAILED MINERS NATIONAL MINERS AMNESTY CAMPAIGN / C/O NUM DURHAM MECHANICS 26THE AVENUE DURHAM DH1 4EO PRINTED AT ISLINGTON BUS COMPANY DESIGN ANDREW HOWARD
Credit line	Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop
Object history	Poster was featured in the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition, 'Printing is easy...?'
Associations	UK Miners' Strike Durham
Bibliographic reference	From the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.566-2013

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Record created	November 20, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1274987/release-and-reinstate-poster-andrew-howard/

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