Description
British poster depicting British soldiers using new desert tactics in North Africa. A muscular soldier is in the foreground, ploughing through a sandstorm. His comrades in the background are featureless, and the entire composition is in brown and yellow. The brushstrokes are rapid and blurred, conveying the brutality of the desert conditions. At the bottom of the poster is the title, 'BACK THEM UP!' The poster refers to vital home front support for British forces overseas.
Details
Accession Number
ARTV02307
Printer
Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd
Physical Description
Medium: lithograph on paper
Measurement
Sheet: 75.0 x 50.2 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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