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Your talk may kill your comrades

Poster
1942 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Abram Games (1914-1996) was one of Britain's most important poster designers. Here his powerful graphic device is emphasised by his use of colour. It enacts the message that careless talk can have potentially serious consequences. Games's depiction of the death of three comrades is unusually frank. It was an emotive and effective way of driving the message home to the troops.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleYour talk may kill your comrades
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Your Talk May Kill Your Comrades'. Colour offset lithograph poster. Designed by Abram Games. Issued by the War Office during the Second World War. Great Britain. 1942.
Physical description
'Your Talk May Kill Your Comrades'. Colour offset lithograph poster. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 74.7cm
  • Width: 48.2cm
Dimensions taken from: 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
Marks and inscriptions
(Signed.)
Subjects depicted
Association
Summary
Abram Games (1914-1996) was one of Britain's most important poster designers. Here his powerful graphic device is emphasised by his use of colour. It enacts the message that careless talk can have potentially serious consequences. Games's depiction of the death of three comrades is unusually frank. It was an emotive and effective way of driving the message home to the troops.
Associated object
CIRC.297-1971 (Duplicate)
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
Collection
Accession number
E.310-1981

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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