Talk in here kills out there Accession Number: ARTV01864

Description

British Army; cautionary poster warning of the danger of careless talk, depicting a patient in a hospital bed, the foot of the bed is drawn to resemble the head of a soldier wearing a German helmet

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Accession Number
ARTV01864
Artist
Abram Games
Publisher
Ministry of Home Security
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: lithograph
Measurement
Sheet: 74.6 x 48.7 cm
Medium
lithograph
Date Made
1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by the British High Commission 1946
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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