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Get In Shape For Civvy Street

Poster
1945 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
War Office (issuer)
Games, Abram (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (printed and published)

'Get In Shape For Civvy Street'. Colour offset lithograph poster advertising a scheme open to repatriated Prisoners of War due for release on discharge from the Army. The design depicts the silhouette of a man cut out of a red door with 'Get In Shape For Civvy Street' lettered above the image and 'Civil Resettlement Units' lettered in white capitals below the image.

Object details

Categories
Propaganda
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleGet In Shape For Civvy Street (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph on paper
Paper
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Get In Shape For Civvy Street'. Colour offset lithograph poster advertising a scheme open to repatriated Prisoners of War due for release on discharge from the Army. Designed by Abram Games and issued by the War Office during the Second World War, Great Britain, 1945.
Physical description
'Get In Shape For Civvy Street'. Colour offset lithograph poster advertising a scheme open to repatriated Prisoners of War due for release on discharge from the Army. The design depicts the silhouette of a man cut out of a red door with 'Get In Shape For Civvy Street' lettered above the image and 'Civil Resettlement Units' lettered in white capitals below the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 74.2cm
  • Width: 48.4cm
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
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'A. Games' (Signed)
  • 'GET IN SHAPE FOR CIVVY STREET' (Lettered above the image)
  • 'CIVIL RESETTLEMENT UNITS' (Lettered in white capitals below the image)
  • 'P.R.123' (Numbered)
Subjects depicted
Door
Silhouette
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 numbers
  • 14/C7 - V&A microfiche
  • P.R.123 - Poster number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.298-1971

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Record createdJune 29, 2011
Record URL
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