`Salvage' : save ! What you can where you can Accession Number: ARTV01140

Description

British First World War poster urging the viewer to be thrifty and salvage anything they can to help the war effort. It features a cartoon of a smiling British soldier sitting on a chest mending his trousers while he smokes a pipe. The image is in black printed onto a bright yellow background. The title and text are positioned above and below the image printed in black ink. Both the image and text are set within a white and black frame.

Details

Accession Number
ARTV01140
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
Unknown
Printer
G.P. Ltd.
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
sheet: 75.8 x 51 cm
Medium
lithograph on paper
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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