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Put It There

Poster
1939-1945 (made)
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'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Maritime
Object type
Poster
TitlePut 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 createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O606014/put-it-there-poster-strube-sidney/
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