Release and Reinstate
Poster
1985 (made)
1985 (made)
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Portrait poster supporting the 1984-1985 miners strike, in black and white. The centre left of the poster shows a faded picture of a miner, looking up and across the poster to the top right corner, where four white stripes convey the bars in a prison cell. The poster calls for all sacked miners to be released from prison and reinstated in their roles.
Object details
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| Title | Release and Reinstate (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Screen printing, paper, plastic laminate |
| Brief description | Poster, produced by Andrew Howard for the Islington Bus Company in collaboration with the Islington Miners Support Group, 1985. |
| Physical description | Portrait poster supporting the 1984-1985 miners strike, in black and white. The centre left of the poster shows a faded picture of a miner, looking up and across the poster to the top right corner, where four white stripes convey the bars in a prison cell. The poster calls for all sacked miners to be released from prison and reinstated in their roles. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop |
| Object history | Poster was featured in the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition, 'Printing is easy...?' |
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| Bibliographic reference | From the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?' |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.566-2013 |
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| Record created | November 20, 2013 |
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