Hold your tongue Accession Number: ARTV04058

Description

Australian National Security poster aimed at soldiers to remind them of the risks of careless talk. It has appropriated one of the most well known propaganda recruitment posters of the twentieth century - Lord Kitchener's 'I want you' - to directly address the viewer.

This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.

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Accession Number
ARTV04058
Artist
Unknown
Printer
Unknown
Publisher/Issued By
Unknown
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 32 x 22 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
c. 1942-1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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