V, Invest Accession Number: ARTV00836

Description

First World War poster promoting war savings. Possibly Australian or American the square poster has a simple but eye catching design. There is no pictorial image instead a central red diamond, set against a white background, which has a large white V inscribed in its centre through the middle of the word INVEST!. For the viewer symbolically then their investment is linked with Victory.

Details

Accession Number
ARTV00836
Artist
Unknown
Printer
Unknown
Publisher
Unknown
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
sheet: 61.6 x 60.2
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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