Imagine What London Will Be Like Run by Whitehall
Poster
1984 (printed)
1984 (printed)
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A poster protesting at the forced closure in 1984 of the Greater London Council (GLC). The GLC was the elected body responsible for administering the British capital, and over several years its Left-wing stance angered and embarrassed the Conservative Party that was then governing Britain. The 'Say No To No Say' campaign to resist the closure initiated by the Conservatives' leader, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, produced some inventive images. This one shows the poster hoarding south of Vauxhall Bridge over the River Thames, one of 12 sites chosen by the advertising agency Boase Massimi Pollitt for their stunt of wrapping up selected posters in red tape.
Object details
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| Title | Imagine What London Will Be Like Run by Whitehall (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | 'Imagine What London Will Be Like Run By Whitehall. Say No To No Say.' Colour offset lithograph poster protesting against the proposed abolition of the Greater London Council. Produced by the advertising agency Boase Massini Pollitt. Great Britain. 1984. |
| Physical description | 'Imagine What London Will Be Like Run By Whitehall. Say No To No Say.' Colour offset lithograph poster protesting against the proposed abolition of the Greater London Council. |
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| Credit line | Given by Boase Massimi Pollitt. Reproduced courtesy of BMP DDB Limited |
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| Summary | A poster protesting at the forced closure in 1984 of the Greater London Council (GLC). The GLC was the elected body responsible for administering the British capital, and over several years its Left-wing stance angered and embarrassed the Conservative Party that was then governing Britain. The 'Say No To No Say' campaign to resist the closure initiated by the Conservatives' leader, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, produced some inventive images. This one shows the poster hoarding south of Vauxhall Bridge over the River Thames, one of 12 sites chosen by the advertising agency Boase Massimi Pollitt for their stunt of wrapping up selected posters in red tape. |
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| Bibliographic reference | 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 |
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| Accession number | E.340-1985 |
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| Record created | February 28, 2003 |
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