Be in the swim join the WRNS
Poster
ca.1960 (issued)
ca.1960 (issued)
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| Place of origin |
Colour offset lithograph recruiting poster for the Women's Royal Naval Service, showing a woman dressed in a naval uniform with a mermaid's tail.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Be in the swim join the WRNS |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | 'Be in the swim join the WRNS'. Colour offset lithograph recruiting poster for the Women's Royal Naval Service, designed by Edward Reginald Mount. Prepared for the Admiralty by the Central Office of Information, Great Britain, ca.1960. |
| Physical description | Colour offset lithograph recruiting poster for the Women's Royal Naval Service, showing a woman dressed in a naval uniform with a mermaid's tail. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Be / in / the / swim / join the / WRNS' (Text of design.) |
| Production | Prepared for the Admiralty by the Central Office of Information. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1 |
| Other number | 27/F5 - V&A microfiche |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.214-1982 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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