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Imperial War Museum

Poster
1981 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Eckersley, Tom (OBE) (designer)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (printed)

Screenprinted poster promoting the Imperial War Museum. The poster depicts flat, coloured areas signifying a dark-green silhouette of a head, seen in profile, wearing a black Tommy helmet, with a chin strap, and decorated by bright-green laurel wreaths. The image is set against a white background, and above is the message, 'Imperial War Museum' in large green letters. Immediately below this is information relating to opening hours and location, printed in black.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleImperial War Museum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Screenprint
Paper
Printing Ink
Screen Print
Brief description
Screenprinted poster promoting the Imperial War Museum, designed by Tom Eckersley, United Kingdom, 1981
Physical description
Screenprinted poster promoting the Imperial War Museum. The poster depicts flat, coloured areas signifying a dark-green silhouette of a head, seen in profile, wearing a black Tommy helmet, with a chin strap, and decorated by bright-green laurel wreaths. The image is set against a white background, and above is the message, 'Imperial War Museum' in large green letters. Immediately below this is information relating to opening hours and location, printed in black.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.3cm
  • Width: 50.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM' (At the top of the poster, printed in green letters)
  • 'Weekdays 10-5 50 Sundays 2-5 50 Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ / Underground Lambeth North or Elephant and Castle' (Museum's opening hours and location, below the main heading, black typeface)
  • 'ECKERSLEY 81' (The poster is signed lower left, printed in black ink)
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
Men
Profiles
Heads
Silhouettes
Helmets
Laurel Wreaths
Other number
LS.993 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.205-2004

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Record createdApril 19, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O123151/imperial-war-museum-poster-eckersley-tom-obe/
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