Ideals: The Freedom of the Seas

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Artist/Maker	Brangwyn, Frank (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Print depicting sailors in a rowing boat, fighting an octopus with spears. From the section 'Ideals' in the print series The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals.

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Categories	Prints War Propaganda
Object type	Print
Titles	Ideals: The Freedom of the Seas (assigned by artist) The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals (series title)
Materials and techniques	colour lithograph on paper Paper Colour Lithography
Brief description	'The Freedom of the Seas', plate from the series The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals, lithograph, Frank Brangwyn, Britain, 1917
Physical description	Print depicting sailors in a rowing boat, fighting an octopus with spears. From the section 'Ideals' in the print series The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals.
Dimensions	Height: 18.25in (Note: taken from the 1923 accession register) Width: 29in (Note: taken from the 1923 accession register)
Credit line	Given by the Ministry of Information
Subjects depicted	Sailors Octopus Boats
Association	World War I
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1916-1918, London: HMSO, 1920.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.726-1918

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O831048/ideals-the-freedom-of-the-print-brangwyn-frank/

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