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A nation that enslaves another cannot itself be free

Poster
1979-1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait poster with a bright green background, campaigning for peace in Northern Ireland. Black and white photographs are shown of police with riot shields, a man loading a gun, people running away from a fire, and a man taking a picture. Over the top of the photograph of the police is a camera, and in the lens is shown the riots in Brixton. There is also a map of Ireland at the top, with Northern Ireland slightly removed and covered over with a union flag.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA nation that enslaves another cannot itself be free (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photostencil, printing, paper, plastic laminate
Brief description
Poster entitled 'A nation that enslaves another cannot itself be free' made by the Poster Film Collective, London, 1979-1980.
Physical description
Portrait poster with a bright green background, campaigning for peace in Northern Ireland. Black and white photographs are shown of police with riot shields, a man loading a gun, people running away from a fire, and a man taking a picture. Over the top of the photograph of the police is a camera, and in the lens is shown the riots in Brixton. There is also a map of Ireland at the top, with Northern Ireland slightly removed and covered over with a union flag.
Dimensions
  • Height: 82.6cm
  • Width: 55.5cm
Dimensions include plastic laminate.
Marks and inscriptions
  • What happens in Londonderry is very relevant to what happens in London, / and if we lose in Belfast, we may have to fight in Brixton or Birmingham. / John Biggs Davidson, Conservative MP.
  • A nation that enslaves another cannot itself be free
Credit line
Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop.
Object history
Poster featured in the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
From the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Collection
Accession number
E.581-2013

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Record createdNovember 20, 2013
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