The soil after Militarism and Capitalism - "Prosperity"
Poster
1931 (made)
1931 (made)
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Poster. Colour lithograph. A grinning capitalist is shown holding aloft two money bags while trampling underfoot the bodies of the labourers who died to make his wealth. Beneath the image is a quotation from Lenin.
Object details
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| Title | The soil after Militarism and Capitalism - "Prosperity" (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | printing |
| Brief description | Propaganda poster. "Deni" (Viktor Nicolaievich Denisov). Lithograph, Russian, 1931. 'The soil after Militarism and Capitalism - "Prosperity"'. Lenin quotation. |
| Physical description | Poster. Colour lithograph. A grinning capitalist is shown holding aloft two money bags while trampling underfoot the bodies of the labourers who died to make his wealth. Beneath the image is a quotation from Lenin. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Cyrillic inscription. (Rough paraphrasing of a mid-20th century literal translation attached to the poster.)
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs D. Macnaughton |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962. |
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| Accession number | E.108-1950 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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