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Join the Royal Guard Armoured Corps

Poster
1941 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd. (printers)
H. M. Stationery Office (publishers)
Games, Abram (designer)
Place of origin
London (printed)

'Join the Royal Guard Armoured Corps', World War II recruitment propaganda featuring a soldier's profile with tanks on green background. The profile of a soldiers face, coloured in shades of red fills most of the space. He wears a dark-shadowed helmet and strap, and the shadow on his neck tapers to a point. Four silhouetted tanks are positioned at jaunty (20 degree?) angles, one (buff-coloured) overlays the soldier's neck. The other three in a line below are coloured buff, black, and buff.. The first has the words 'join the' printed upon it, and on each of the other three are the words, 'Royal', 'Tank', and 'Corps', respectively, in heavy black, white or pink capitals. In generally good condition, but backed onto linen which has cockled on lower corners. Some small tears along top edges (repaired with backing).

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Politics
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleJoin the Royal Guard Armoured Corps (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Paper
Ink
Lithography
Brief description
'Join the Royal Guard Armoured Corps', World War II recruitment propaganda featuring a soldier's profile with tanks, designed by Abram Games, printed for HMSO by Lowe and Brydone, England (London), 1941
Physical description
'Join the Royal Guard Armoured Corps', World War II recruitment propaganda featuring a soldier's profile with tanks on green background. The profile of a soldiers face, coloured in shades of red fills most of the space. He wears a dark-shadowed helmet and strap, and the shadow on his neck tapers to a point. Four silhouetted tanks are positioned at jaunty (20 degree?) angles, one (buff-coloured) overlays the soldier's neck. The other three in a line below are coloured buff, black, and buff.. The first has the words 'join the' printed upon it, and on each of the other three are the words, 'Royal', 'Tank', and 'Corps', respectively, in heavy black, white or pink capitals. In generally good condition, but backed onto linen which has cockled on lower corners. Some small tears along top edges (repaired with backing).
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 50.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'JOIN THE' (Incorporated into the design, printed in black capitals on the image of the upper-most tank)
  • 'ROYAL' (Incorporated into the design, printed in white capitals on the image of the lower left tank)
  • 'ARMOURED' (Incorporated into the design, printed in pink capitals on the image of the lower central tank)
  • 'CORPS' (Incorporated into the design, printed in white capitals on the image of the lower right tank)
  • 'A. GAMES / R.E.' (Artist's name, printed in white letters, upper left corner)
  • 'PARTICULARS OF VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENT IN THE ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS / FOR MEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 and 40 CAN BE OBTAINED AT / ANY RECRUITING OFFICE' (Below the image, printed in green capital letters)
  • 'PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY LOWE & BRYDONE PRINTERS LTD. LONDON N.W.10. 51-9046' (Printing details, lower edge of poster, from lower left corner)
  • 'P.R.2. 41.' (Lower right corner, edge of printed area)
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
Faces
Profiles
Soldiers
Helmets
Tanks
Pennants
Union Flag
Tricolour (Flags)
Other number
LS.2056 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.884-2004

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Record createdJuly 11, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O125979/join-the-royal-guard-armoured-poster-games-abram/
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