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Collect Herbs! [translation]

Poster
ca. 1942 (made)
Artist/Maker
NS Gau Printing House Graz (printers)
Place of origin
Austria (made)

types of herbs and wildflowers

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Gardens & Gardening
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleCollect Herbs! [translation] (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Paper
Ink
Brief description
"Sammelt Heilkräuter!" types of wildflowers. Austrian poster ca. 1942.
Physical description
types of herbs and wildflowers
Marks and inscriptions
(translated from the German)
Translation
Collect Herbs!/ [plant name captions each image] Broom/ 'Breitwegerich' [no translation]/ Speedwell/ Sloe petals/ 'Tausendgüldenkraut'/ 'Gänsefingerkraut'/ 'Lugenkraut'/ Sloe fruit/ 'Augentrost'/ Red clover/ 'Gauschheil'/ Heather/ Mistletoe/ 'Hauhechel'/ 'Gundermann'/ St. John's Wort/ Deadly Nightshade/ Juniper/ 'Odermenning'/ Raspberry/ [small print] The Gau Advocate for the War, WHW colour gravure by N.S. Gau Printing House Graz/ Badges for the 7th Street collection of the Reich for the War WHW on 11th and 12th of April.
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
War
Propaganda
Herbs
Flowers
Nature
World War II
Place depicted
Austria
Other number
LS.603 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.613-2004

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O109407/collect-herbs-translation-poster-ns-gau-printing/
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