Never Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few
Poster
1939-1945 (made)
1939-1945 (made)
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Poster from the Second World War including the slogan 'Never Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few'.
Object details
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| Title | Never Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photo-chromo-lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster issued during the Second World War (1939-1945) entitled 'Never Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few'. Britain, photo-chromo-lithograph. |
| Physical description | Poster from the Second World War including the slogan 'Never Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few'. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Ministry of Information |
| Object history | The slogan featured in the poster is derived from a wartime speech made by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on 20 August 1940. It stems from the specific line in the speech, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few', referring to the Royal Air Force pilots who were engaged in the Battle of Britain at the time. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949. |
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| Accession number | E.2144-1946 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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