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Electors, Avoid the Dangers Behind the Budget...

Poster
ca.1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dobson, Molle & Co. Ltd. (publisher)
Reed, Edward Tennyson (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster, signed with the artist's monogram 'E.T.R.' Lettered with slogans and a quotation and stamped in red 'No.10.' Lloyd George is depicted standing firmly on the Budget, while Arthur Balfour points an accusing finger at the symbolic figure of Socialism skulking behind him.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleElectors, Avoid the Dangers Behind the Budget... (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Printing Ink
Lithography
Brief description
'Electors, Avoid the Dangers Behind the Budget...' Political poster by Edward Tennyson Reed (1860-1933), issued by the Unionist Party. The poster satirises an issue in the general election of 1910. Printed and published by Dobson, Molle & Co., Ltd., Edinburgh & London. Colour lithograph, ca. 1910.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster, signed with the artist's monogram 'E.T.R.' Lettered with slogans and a quotation and stamped in red 'No.10.' Lloyd George is depicted standing firmly on the Budget, while Arthur Balfour points an accusing finger at the symbolic figure of Socialism skulking behind him.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.5cm
  • Width: 76.2cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'E.T.R.' (Signed with the artist's monogram)
  • 'No.10' (Lettered with slogans and a quotation and stamped in red)
Subjects depicted
Socialism
Propaganda
Politics
Budgets
Advertising
Lloyd George
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.198-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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