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Be in the swim join the WRNS

Poster
ca.1960 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour offset lithograph recruiting poster for the Women's Royal Naval Service, showing a woman dressed in a naval uniform with a mermaid's tail.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBe in the swim join the WRNS
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
'Be in the swim join the WRNS'. Colour offset lithograph recruiting poster for the Women's Royal Naval Service, designed by Edward Reginald Mount. Prepared for the Admiralty by the Central Office of Information, Great Britain, ca.1960.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph recruiting poster for the Women's Royal Naval Service, showing a woman dressed in a naval uniform with a mermaid's tail.
Dimensions
  • Height: 73.7cm
  • Width: 48.3cm
Measurements taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Marks and inscriptions
'Be / in / the / swim / join the / WRNS' (Text of design.)
Production
Prepared for the Admiralty by the Central Office of Information.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other number
27/F5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.214-1982

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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