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Napoleon suffered defeat, and so will the conceited Hitler! ...

Poster
1941 (published), 1941 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Kukrynisky (designer)
Ministry of Supply (publisher)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

'Napoleon Suffered Defeat, And So Will The Conceited Hitler! but - Russia needs the tools Now!'. Colour lithograph reproduction of a Russian poster, with English text. Signed and dated 'Kukruiniksui - 41'.

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleNapoleon suffered defeat, and so will the conceited Hitler! ... (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Napoleon suffered defeat, and so will the conceited Hitler! but-Russia needs the tools Now!'. Colour lithograph reproduction of a Russian poster, with English text, designed by Kukrynisky (pseudonym of Mikhail Vasil'evich Kupriianov, Poririi Nikitich Krylov and Aleksandrovich Sokolov). Issued by the Ministry of Supply, Great Britain, 1941.
Physical description
'Napoleon Suffered Defeat, And So Will The Conceited Hitler! but - Russia needs the tools Now!'. Colour lithograph reproduction of a Russian poster, with English text. Signed and dated 'Kukruiniksui - 41'.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 49.8cm
  • Size of sheet width: 74cm
Dimensions taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'Kukruiniksui - 41' (Signed and dated)
Production
This is an Anglo-Russian poster issued by the Ministry of Supply during the Second World War, reproducing a Russian poster.
Subjects depicted
War
Communism
Bonaparte, Napoleon III
Hitler
Second World War
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
  • 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
Other number
24/E6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2699-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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