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Martin Luther King Memorial Fund

Poster
1960-1970 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Mountain and Molehill (designer)
Mountain and Molehill (printer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (printed)

Political poster entitled 'Martin Luther King Memorial Fund' showing an image of a bayonet pointing at a hand; lithograph.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Black History
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleMartin Luther King Memorial Fund (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Brief description
Poster, 'Martin Luther King Memorial Fund', lithograph designed and printed by Mountain and Molehill (Ken Sprague), Great Britain, 1960-1970
Physical description
Political poster entitled 'Martin Luther King Memorial Fund' showing an image of a bayonet pointing at a hand; lithograph.
Dimensions
  • Height: 758mm
  • Width: 1015mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL FUND / To give moral or material support to non-violent movements for / civil rights in any part of the world. / To assist or initiate specific projects designed to further good / relations between all races in Great Britain. / To aid persons or communities who are victims of racial / discrimination or intolerance. / Please send donations to the martin Luther King Memorial Fund, / 2 Amen Court, London E.C.4. / Patrons include the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Moderator of / the church of Scotland, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, / the Moderator of the Free Church Federal Council, the Chief / Rabbi, Professor A. J. Ayer, Lord Butler of Saffron Walden, / Sir Learie Constantine, the Right Honerable Jo Grimond, M.P., / the earl of Longgford, the Right Honorable Philip Noel-Baker, M.P., / Chairman: Canon L. John Collins. (Text of poster)
  • Designed by Ken Sprague/Mountain & Molehill Ltd and screen printed by G & B Arts Ltd. (Bottom left of poster.)
Credit line
Given by John Green
Production
Mountain and Molehill was the design partnership of Ken Sprague and Ray Bernard.
Subjects depicted
Racism
Discrimination
Hands
Bayonets
King, Martin Luther
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.724-2003

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Record createdJune 13, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O113061/martin-luther-king-memorial-fund-poster-mountain-and-molehill/
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