Nuclear Deterrent Isn't Working

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Artist/Maker	Greenwich Mural Workshop (makers)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Community print shop poster entitled 'Nuclear Deterrent Isn't Working', advertising a picket on the 9th March at a Job Centre in Peckham. The background is depicted as a roughly drawn brick wall with the shadowy outlines of figures beneath a CND symbol and a placard held up by one member of the crowd reading 'Jobs not Bombs'. The location, date and time of the picket is also lettered at the bottom.

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Category	Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Nuclear Deterrent Isn't Working (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Non-laminated poster Paper Printing
Brief description	Community print shop poster by the Greenwich Mural Workshop entitled 'Nuclear Deterrent Isn't Working'. Great Britain, 1982.
Physical description	Community print shop poster entitled 'Nuclear Deterrent Isn't Working', advertising a picket on the 9th March at a Job Centre in Peckham. The background is depicted as a roughly drawn brick wall with the shadowy outlines of figures beneath a CND symbol and a placard held up by one member of the crowd reading 'Jobs not Bombs'. The location, date and time of the picket is also lettered at the bottom.
Dimensions	Height: 38cm Width: 50cm Dimensions measured 28/01/2013
Marks and inscriptions	Nuclear Deterrent Isn't Working (Lettered with title) Jobs not Bombs (Lettered) Picket. Tues. 9th. Mar. 12.30 Job Centre Collyer Pl. Peckham (Lettered at the bottom)
Credit line	Given by Greenwich Mural Workshop
Subjects depicted	Strikes Protest Pickets Placards Brick Nuclear Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
Associated objects	E.471-2013 (Depiction) E.472-2013
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.118-2011

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Record created	January 25, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1260316/nuclear-deterrent-isnt-working-poster-greenwich-mural-workshop/

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