The tank tour: buy National War Bonds... Accession Number: ARTV00939

Description

British First World War poster issued by the Scottish War Savings Committee to promote ' The Tank Tour'. It depicts a tank cresting a hill and crushing a barbed wire fence. Guns are being fired from gun slits in the side of the tank. Marching silhouetted soldiers (wearing tam o'shanters) are depicted in the background . The title, printed in blue ink, occupies the top of the poster, and the remaining text, printed in white, occupies the bottom quarter. A small white space under the title has been left blank for details of the tank to to be written.

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Accession Number
ARTV00939
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
Scottish War Savings Committee
Printer
McLagan & Cumming
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
sheet: 76 x 50 cm
Medium
chromolithograph on paper
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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