Changing Picture of Docklands
Poster
late 1980s (made)
late 1980s (made)
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Landscape poster, consisting of a black and white photomontage of a courtyard surrounded by small single-level houses, with children clustered in the doorways, and a tall ship between high-rise buildings in the background. The tagline for the series of photographs is 'The people of Docklands have always had to fight to make the best of appalling conditions - and to change them.'.
Object details
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| Title | Changing Picture of Docklands (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Poster, printed from a photomontage and laminated in plastic |
| Brief description | Poster made by the Docklands Community Poster Project, 'Changing Picture of Docklands' series, ca. 1985 |
| Physical description | Landscape poster, consisting of a black and white photomontage of a courtyard surrounded by small single-level houses, with children clustered in the doorways, and a tall ship between high-rise buildings in the background. The tagline for the series of photographs is 'The people of Docklands have always had to fight to make the best of appalling conditions - and to change them.'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'The people of Docklands have always had to fight to make the best of appalling conditions - and to change them.' |
| Credit line | Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop |
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| Bibliographic reference | From the label text of an exhibition held by the Greenwich Mural Workshop entitled 'Printing is Easy...? Community Printshops 1970-86' |
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| Accession number | E.484-2013 |
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| Record created | November 20, 2013 |
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