Fill the Ships and We Shall Fill the Shops

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Artist/Maker	The Board of Trade (published by) H. M. Stationery Office (publisher) Fosh & Cross Ltd. (printers) Sherborne
Place of origin	London (printed and published)

Towards the end of the Second World War, military production in Britain decreased. The British Government encouraged manufacturers to instead increase exports of goods in order to "fill the shops" with the things consumers wanted when peace was declared.

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Categories	Posters War Propaganda
Object type	Poster
Title	Fill the Ships and We Shall Fill the Shops (generic title)
Materials and techniques	lithograph printing on paper Paper Lithograph
Brief description	'Fill the Ships and We Shall Fill the Shops' by Sherborne, poster for the Board of Trade; London, ca.1945
Physical description	poster, lithograph printed in colour depicting a map of the British Isles in purple with a light blue border, set against a blue background. Overlaying the map are two arrows with text
Dimensions	Height: 76.3cm Width: 50.5cm
Marks and inscriptions	Sending out goods we make/ brings home other things we need/ FILL THE SHIPS/ AND/ WE SHALL FILL THE SHOPS
Summary	Towards the end of the Second World War, military production in Britain decreased. The British Government encouraged manufacturers to instead increase exports of goods in order to "fill the shops" with the things consumers wanted when peace was declared.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.619-2014

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Record created	June 19, 2014
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1295673/fill-the-ships-and-we-poster-sherborne/

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