Changing Picture of Docklands
Poster
ca. 1985 (made)
ca. 1985 (made)
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Landscape poster, consisting of a black and white photomontage separated with images broken up by yellow sun rays from the top left corner. A courtyard to the left of the poster is full of men holding placards for a 'Dock Labourers Strike! Relief Fund', and a man in a striped waistcoat and boater hat stands in the middle of the crowd, gesturing with his left hand. Other images include a march on Poplar Borough Council for equal pay, a no-rent strike, a ship dropping anchor and women factory workers. The tagline for the series of photographs is 'The people of Docklands have always had to fight to make the best of appalling conditions - and to change them.'.
Object details
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| Title | Changing Picture of Docklands (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Poster, printed from a photomontage and laminated in plastic |
| Brief description | Poster made by the Docklands Community Poster Project, 'Changing Picture of Docklands' series, ca. 1985 |
| Physical description | Landscape poster, consisting of a black and white photomontage separated with images broken up by yellow sun rays from the top left corner. A courtyard to the left of the poster is full of men holding placards for a 'Dock Labourers Strike! Relief Fund', and a man in a striped waistcoat and boater hat stands in the middle of the crowd, gesturing with his left hand. Other images include a march on Poplar Borough Council for equal pay, a no-rent strike, a ship dropping anchor and women factory workers. The tagline for the series of photographs is 'The people of Docklands have always had to fight to make the best of appalling conditions - and to change them.'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'The people of Docklands have always had to fight to make the best of appalling conditions - and to change them.' |
| Credit line | Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop |
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| Bibliographic reference | From the label text of an exhibition held by the Greenwich Mural Workshop entitled 'Printing is Easy...? Community Printshops 1970-86' |
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| Accession number | E.487-2013 |
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| Record created | November 20, 2013 |
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