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Talk Kills

Poster
1942 (issued)
Artist/Maker
War Office (issuer)
Games, Abram (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)
Great Britain (issued)

'Talk Kills'. Two posters on one sheet with the same image printed in different colourways. Signed.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleTalk Kills
Materials and techniques
colour lithography
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Talk Kills'. Two posters on one sheet with the same image printed in different colourways. Designed by Abram Games. Issued by the War Office during the Second World War. Great Britain. 1942.
Physical description
'Talk Kills'. Two posters on one sheet with the same image printed in different colourways. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 37.7cm
  • Size of sheet width: 50.2cm
Dimensions 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
(Signed.)
Credit line
Acquired from Adrian Tilbrook in 1971.
Association
Second World War
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971
Other number
14/C1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.295-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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