Are you colour -blind? Invest..in the "Diggers' Loan"... Accession Number: ARTV00731

Description

Australian First World War poster issued by the Commonwealth Government of Australia to promote the sale of bonds in a Diggers' Loan for repatriation purposes. The poster is titled at the top with a large blank rectangle outlined in black positioned lower centre. It asks the viewer to take a 'Colour-Blind' test and equates the choice not to invest in a ten pound bond with blindness as the loans were reputed to be extremely safe investments.

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Accession Number
ARTV00731
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
Commonwealth Government of Australia
Printer
E.T. Kibblewhite & Co. Ltd.
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Overall: 76.2 cm x 51.2 cm
Medium
chromolithograph on paper
Date Made
1914-1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Transferred from AWM Research Centre 1979
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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