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They Destroy Your Homes - Destroy Them

Poster
1942 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A recruitment poster for the Home Guard A. A. Battery during World War II emblazoned with the caption, 'They Destroy Your Homes - Destroy Them'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThey Destroy Your Homes - Destroy Them (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour screen print
Brief description
Poster by Paxton Chadwick, 'They Destroy Your Homes - Destroy Them', recruitment poster for the Home Guard A. A. Battery during World War II, colour screenprint, Great Britain, 1942
Physical description
A recruitment poster for the Home Guard A. A. Battery during World War II emblazoned with the caption, 'They Destroy Your Homes - Destroy Them'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.3cm
  • Width: 50.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1995
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated within the design 'Paxton Chadwick 19[42]'.
Subject depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1995
Collection
Accession number
E.2941-1995

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Record createdMarch 31, 2009
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