Put It There

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Artist/Maker	Admiralty (issuer) Strube, Sidney (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Colour lithograph poster depicting the arm of a shipyard worker shaking hands with a Royal Navy rating whilst simultaneously choking a German U-Boat in the centre of the image. The boat takes the form of a shark. Lettered with the title 'Put It There', and signed 'Strube'.

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Categories	Prints Propaganda Posters Maritime
Object type	Poster
Title	Put It There
Materials and techniques	Colour lithography Paper Colour Lithography
Brief description	Colour lithograph poster depicting the arm of a shipyard worker shaking hands with a Royal Navy rating whilst simultaneously choking a German U-Boat in the shape of a shark. Great Britain, 1939-1945.
Physical description	Colour lithograph poster depicting the arm of a shipyard worker shaking hands with a Royal Navy rating whilst simultaneously choking a German U-Boat in the centre of the image. The boat takes the form of a shark. Lettered with the title 'Put It There', and signed 'Strube'.
Dimensions	Size of sheet height: 20in Size of sheet width: 26.25in Dimensions taken from 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.
Marks and inscriptions	'Put It There' Signed 'Strube'.
Credit line	Given by the Ministry of Information
Subjects depicted	Hands Workers Navy Sea Shark U-Boat Second World War
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.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2143-1946

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O606014/put-it-there-poster-strube-sidney/

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