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Poster - Women of Britain Come into the Factories
  • Women of Britain Come into the Factories
    Zec, Donald, born 1919
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Women of Britain Come into the Factories

  • Object:

    Poster

  • Place of origin:

    UK (published)

  • Date:

    1941 (published)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Zec, Donald, born 1919 (artist)
    Ministry of Information (publisher)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Colour lithograph

  • Credit Line:

    Given by the Ministry of Information

  • Museum number:

    E.135-1973

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case Y, shelf 75, box D

  • Image in copyright

This poster was part of the 'call-up' effort to bring British women into war work in December 1941. It echoes the archetypal image of the Soviet proletarian woman and has a graphic trace of the mood of egalitarianism which was marked in wartime Britain, as well as a possible reference to the popular alliance agreed with the Soviet Union in July 1941.

Physical description

Portrait format poster printed in colours predominantly pale red, brown and black on white ground. Figure of a young blonde woman in brown factory overall and headkerchief, nearly full length with outstretched arms, looking up to sky.In the background a flight of aircraft move upward into the sky from behind distant factory buildings. Captioned at bottom.

Place of Origin

UK (published)

Date

1941 (published)

Artist/maker

Zec, Donald, born 1919 (artist)
Ministry of Information (publisher)

Materials and Techniques

Colour lithograph

Marks and inscriptions

Zec

Dimensions

Height: 750 mm sheet, Width: 494 mm sheet

Production Note

Recruiting poster issued by the Ministry of Information. Probably published 1941.

Reason For Production: Commission

Materials

Lithographic ink

Techniques

Colour lithography

Subjects depicted

Women; Propaganda; Labour; Factories; Aircraft; Factory workers

Categories

Prints; Feminism; Propaganda

Production Type

Mass produced

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O75918
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