Spear of the Nation
Poster
1987 (made)
1987 (made)
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White, printed T-shirt, mounted on a backboard to make a poster. The T-shirt has a central design, which is a landscape rectangle, divided by colour, the top half being yellow, the bottom half being green. There is a dark reed design, of 3 shields with spears behind them, with 'Spear of the Nation' printed over the top. In the top left hand corner and the bottom right hand corner is a print of a warrior holding the shield and throwing the spear.
Object details
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| Title | Spear of the Nation (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Stencil, printing, cotton, paper, plastic laminate |
| Brief description | T-shirt, mounted on a backboard to make a poster, made by the Bradford Printshop, Bradford, 1987. |
| Physical description | White, printed T-shirt, mounted on a backboard to make a poster. The T-shirt has a central design, which is a landscape rectangle, divided by colour, the top half being yellow, the bottom half being green. There is a dark reed design, of 3 shields with spears behind them, with 'Spear of the Nation' printed over the top. In the top left hand corner and the bottom right hand corner is a print of a warrior holding the shield and throwing the spear. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop. |
| Object history | Poster featured in the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?' |
| Bibliographic reference | From the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?' |
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| Accession number | E.594-2013 |
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| Record created | November 20, 2013 |
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