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Army Gotha "Go 242"
Aeroplane identification poster, published 1942 63 x 47 cm A particularly unusual style of aeroplane identification poster, owing to the very arty images. Most such posters rely on very plain silhouettes, this series - and we have several in this series; view them here - have a much more arty approach to the task with shading and an interesting angle view. The Gotha Go 242 was a transport glider used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. It was designed by Albert Kalkert in response to the request for a heavy transport glider to replace the DFS 230 which was then in service. The requirement was for a glider capable of carrying 20 fully laden troops, or equivalent cargo. Two prototypes flew in 1941 and the type quickly entered production, with a total of 1,528 being built. In service, Go 242s were towed into the air by Heinkel He 111s or Junkers Ju 52s. Most saw service in the Mediterranean, North Africa and Aegean. Ju 87D-2s had strengthened rear fuselage and combined tailwheel and hook for towing the Go 242. Today, there are two surviving 242s - one in the Musée de la Resistance du Vercors in Valence, France, and the other in the Technik Museum and Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr in Berlin, Germany. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Navy and Army Grumman "Duck"
Aeroplane identification poster, published 1942 63 x 47 cm A particularly unusual style of aeroplane identification poster, owing to the very arty images. Most such posters rely on very plain silhouettes, this series - and we have several in this series; view them here - have a much more arty approach to the task with shading and an interesting angle view. The Grumman J2F Duck was an American single-engine amphibious biplane. It was used by each major branch of the U.S. armed forces from the mid-1930s until just after World War II, primarily for utility and air-sea rescue duties. It was also used by the Argentine Navy, who took delivery of their first J2F in 1937. Apart from general utility and light transport duties, its missions included mapping, reconnaissance, anti-submarine patrol, air-sea rescue work, photographic surveys, and target tug. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Army A-20 A, B, Navy BD- 1, 2, UK "Boston" I, II, III, "Havoc" I, II, French DB-7B Douglas "A-20"
Aeroplane identification poster, published 1942 63 x 47 cm A particularly unusual style of aeroplane identification poster, owing to the very arty images. Most such posters rely on very plain silhouettes, this series - and we have several in this series; view them here - have a much more arty approach to the task with shading and an interesting angle view. The Douglas A-20 was a medium bomber, attack aircraft, night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II. Designed to meet an Army Air Corps requirement for a bomber, it was ordered by France for their air force before the USAAC decided it would also meet their requirements. French DB-7s were the first to see combat. The A-20 served with several Allied air forces, principally the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), the Soviet Air Forces (VVS), Soviet Naval Aviation (AVMF), and the Royal Air Force (RAF) of the United Kingdom. A total of 7,478 aircraft were built, of which more than a third served with Soviet units. It was also used by the air forces of Australia, South Africa, France, and the Netherlands during the war. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
1942 Navy R5D-1 Army C-54A Douglas "Skymaster"
Aeroplane identification poster, published 1942 63 x 47 cm A particularly unusual style of aeroplane identification poster, owing to the very arty images. Most such posters rely on very plain silhouettes, this series - and we have several in this series; view them here - have a much more arty approach to the task with shading and an interesting angle view. The Douglas Skymaster was a four-engine transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain (the Skytrain poster from the same series is also available in our storefront), the Skymaster was derived from a civilian airliner, the Douglas DC-4. To meet military requirements, the first civil production aircraft had four additional auxiliary fuel tanks in the main cabin which reduced the passenger seats to 26. The following batch of aircraft, designated C-54A, were built with a stronger floor and a cargo door with a hoist and winch. The first C-54A was delivered in February 1943. Skymasters used by the United States Navy were designated Douglas R5D. As well as being used for cargo transport, the C-54 also carried presidents, prime ministers, and military staff. Dozens of variants of the C-54 were employed in a wide variety of non-combat roles such as air-sea rescue, scientific and military research, and missile tracking and recovery. During the Berlin Airlift it hauled coal and food supplies to West Berlin. After the Korean War it continued to be used for military and civilian uses by more than 30 countries. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
US Naval Aviation Training Division
MIG-3
Aeroplane identification poster, published 1942 63 x 47 cm A particularly unusual style of aeroplane identification poster, owing to the very arty images. Most such posters rely on very plain silhouettes, this series - and we have several in this series; view them here - have a much more arty approach to the task with shading and an interesting angle view. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-3 was a Soviet fighter and interceptor aircraft used during World War II. It was a development of the MIG-1 by the Experimental Design Department of Factory No. 1 to remedy problems found during the MIG-1's development and operations. On 22 June 1941, at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, some 981 MIG-3s were in service with the Soviet Air Forces, the Soviet Air Defence Forces, and Soviet Naval Aviation. The MIG-3 was difficult to fly in peacetime and much more so in combat. Originally designed as a high-altitude fighter-interceptor, combat over the Eastern Front was generally at lower altitudes, where it was inferior to the German Messerschmitt Bf 109 (a poster of which is available in our storefront) as well as most of its Soviet contemporaries. It was also pressed into service as a fighter-bomber during the autumn of 1941 but it was equally unsuited for this. The losses suffered in combat were very high, in percentage the highest among all the VVS fighters, with 1,432 shot down. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
US Naval Aviation Training Division
Messerschmitt BF 210
Aeroplane identification poster, published 1942 63 x 47 cm A particularly unusual style of aeroplane identification poster, owing to the very arty images. Most such posters rely on very plain silhouettes, this series - and we have several in this series; view them here - have a much more arty approach to the task with shading and an interesting angle view. The Messerschmitt Me 210 was a two-seater German heavy fighter and ground-attack aircraft of World War II. Initial development of the 210 was started by Messerschmitt in 1938 at the request of the Luftwaffe. Condition: generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
1943 Blohm und Voss "Ha. 138B"
World War II German Reich reconnaissance plane Original aeroplane recognition poster (1943) 63 x 47 cm A particularly unusual style of aeroplane identification poster, owing to the very arty images. Most such posters rely on very plain silhouettes, this series - and we have several in this series; view them here - have a much more arty approach to the task with shading and an interesting angle view. Condition: generally very good, occasional handling marks. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Printed by Lowe & Brydone Printers (1944)
Great Britain's War Effort No. 6 (Munitions)
50x37cm "Seven-tenths of all munitions for the Armed Forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire were made in the United Kingdom. This picturegraph is based on latest official figures issued by HM Government November 1944." The population of the Empire had to be persuaded that Britain was pulling her weight in World War 2. Bu this poster and others similar could the message be put across. The fine stylised tanks, bombs, ships, guns and other vehicles are stacked up on the left-hand side showing the British contribution. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Folds as issued, otherwise generally excellent. -
Printed by Lowe & Brydone Printers (1944)
Great Britain's War Effort No. 5 (Taxation)
50x37cm "The British people paid two and a half times as much Income Tax in 1943 as they paid in the year before the war. This picturegraph is based on latest official figures issued by HM Government November 1944." Pre-war taxation: £472,000,000 War-time £1,169,000,000 The population of the Empire had to be persuaded that Britain was pulling her weight in World War 2. By this poster and others similar could the message be put across. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Folds as issued, otherwise generally excellent. -
Printed by Lowe & Brydone Printers (1944)
Great Britain's War Effort No. 2 (Men in the armed forces)
50x37cm "Of the ten million men who served in the Commonwealth's Armed Forces five-and-a-half million men were from the United Kingdom alone. This picturegraph is based on latest official figures issued by HM Government November 1944." The population of the Empire had to be persuaded that Britain was pulling her weight in World War 2. By this poster and others similar could the message be put across. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Folds as issued, otherwise generally excellent. -
Anonymous Moss Gouache original design for poster
30x33cm c. 1930s Sadly the artist is unknown, but this rather good example of commercial artwork cleverly places the images of two impeccably dressed horse riders upon tremendously handsome horses. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally good condition, a few old losses as may be seen in picture. -
The Royal Dragoons - Men in Armour
c. 1960 Lithographic poster 76x51cm A soldier, headphones to his ear, binoculars in his hand, and beret on his head is shown before a tank, an army helicopter, and an armoured vehicle. Worsley was a war artist during World War II who was captured by the Germans and then an illustrator for Eagle comic. Click here for further biographical details and other posters by Worsley. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
John Worsley (1919-2000) (attributed)
Join the Regular Army through a Junior Leaders' Unit
Printed for H.M. Stationary Office by Carillon Press Ltd, Bournemouth. (c. 1959) Prepared for the War Office by the Central Office of Information Lithographic poster 76x51cm Young soldiers in a clearing in a forest read a map as a canoe is lowered into the river behind them. Worsley was a war artist during World War II who was captured by the Germans and then an illustrator for Eagle comic. Click here for further biographical details and other posters by Worsley. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Attributed to John Worsley
Join the New Regular Army - A Real Man's Life
Published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Printed by Chromoworks Limited, 1959 Lithographic poster 75x50cm Worsley was a war artist during World War II who was captured by the Germans and then an illustrator for Eagle comic. Click here for further biographical details and other posters by Worsley. The Soldier of the Queen depicted is a tank commander. At the time the poster was printed the main location for deployment of tanks was West Germany. In 1946 the British Army of the Rhine was created to protect Germany - and indeed Europe - from a Soviet invasion. Numbering up to 80,000 soldiers it was estimated that in the event of war the life expectancy of a tank commander would be less than two days. A Real Man's Life indeed. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
John Worsley (1919-2000)
Join the Regular Army
Printed for H.M. Stationary Office by Leonard Ripley & Co. (1959) Lithographic poster 76x51cm Worsley was a war artist during World War II who was captured by the Germans and then an illustrator for Eagle comic. Click here for further biographical details and other posters by Worsley. This image is titled A Royal Signals Technician Repairing a Radio and the original oil painting is in the Royal Signals Museum in Blandford Forum. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Brendan Neiland (b.1941)
Kings Cross Intercity Poster
Original Vintage Poster - lithograph 102x64cm (40×25 inches) each 1991 Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Tanks (1939 - 1945)
Original vintage poster 74 x 51 cm A copy of this poster is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum (E.2134-1946). Issued by the National Savings Committee, London, the Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh, and the Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast. Printed for HM Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd, London. This poster was designed during the Second World War and published by the Government to promote saving. Posters like this encouraged people to save via National Savings, with the promise that the funds saved would be used to support the war effort. Condition: generally very good, a couple of short repaired edge tears and crease to middle. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage posters. -
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Well Saved!
Original vintage poster 76 x 51 cm Printed for HM Stationery Office by GCM Printing Service Ltd, Leicester. This poster, published by the Government and designed to promote saving, encourages us to save via the Post Office Savings Bank, the Trustee Savings Banks, and National Savings. Like the young football player pictured, we too can succeed by saving. Condition: generally very good; a few very short repaired edge tears and pin holes to corners. All would hide under a mount. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage National Savings posters. -
France - Cathedrale d'Albi, Toulouse
Original vintage poster 60 x 40 cm The Basilique Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi (Cathedral Basilica of Saint Cecilia), also known as Albi Cathedral, is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Albi. First built in the aftermath of the Albigensian Crusade, the grim exterior resembles a fortress, but the interior is lavishly decorated with art and sculpture, a very ornate choir screen, and walls in bright blues and golds, in the Toulousian or Southern French Gothic. It was begun in 1282 and was under construction for 200 years. It is claimed to be the largest brick building in the world. In 2010 the cathedral, along with its episcopal buildings, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its unique architecture and the remarkable consistency in its design. Condition: small tear to lower left corner; some wear to corners. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Soviet Union pro-Lenin Marxist Bulgarian propaganda poster design (circa 1950s)
Gouache on board 20 x 11.5 cm After a Communist takeover in 1945, Bulgaria was a Soviet ally during the Cold War, and maintained good relationships with Russia until the Revolutions of 1989. From 1945 to 1948, the country became entrenched within the Soviet sphere of influence under the control of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) which oversaw a program of Stalinization in the late 1940s and 1950s. Both countries are Slavic nations, and are bound together by a common Orthodox Christian culture. This poster design is a piece of Leninist propaganda, designed to make Bulgarians associate Lenin and Soviet Marxist rule with efficiency and plenty. It is inscribed to the reverse in Bulgarian 'To grow plants in rows next to each other - the thickest row with straight cobs'. The Pirin Mountains referred to in the top left-hand corner are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria. Condition: very good. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Soviet Union socialist irrigation Bulgarian propaganda poster design (circa 1950s)
Gouache on board 18 x 11 cm After a Communist takeover in 1945, Bulgaria was a Soviet ally during the Cold War, and maintained good relationships with Russia until the Revolutions of 1989. From 1945 to 1948, the country became entrenched within the Soviet sphere of influence under the control of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) which oversaw a program of Stalinization in the late 1940s and 1950s. Both countries are Slavic nations, and are bound together by a common Orthodox Christian culture. This poster design features huge juicy vegetables, grown as the result of newly-implemented irrigation systems. Socialist farming practices in Bulgaria were commonplace during its time as a Soviet ally or 'satellite'; the government was keen to encourage well-yielding farming practices and to be seen as a protector of agricultural infrastructure turing this turbulent period of the 20th century. Condition: very good. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Bulgarian pro-natalist propaganda poster design (circa 1950s)
Gouache on board 17 x 12 cm After a Communist takeover in 1945, Bulgaria was a Soviet ally during the Cold War, and maintained good relationships with Russia until the Revolutions of 1989. From 1945 to 1948, the country became entrenched within the Soviet sphere of influence under the control of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) which oversaw a program of Stalinization in the late 1940s and 1950s. Both countries are Slavic nations, and are bound together by a common Orthodox Christian culture. This poster design, painted in warm pink-purple tones and depicting a Bulgarian soldier holding a toddler aloft, was designed as post-war pro-natalist propaganda (likely from the 1950s). Bulgaria and its Soviet allies had lost a huge number of men during the war, and this design for a poster was intended to encourage Bulgarians to have more children. Condition: very good. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Royal Horse Artillery Drivers 1900 uniform
Lithograph 50 x 31 cm Produced for the Institute of Army Education. Printed for HM Stationery Office by I A Limited, Southall 51. These posters were produced by the Institute of Army Education, likely for display in barracks. Created in the 1950s, they illustrate the 'vintage' uniforms worn by the Corps during the First World War. Condition: punched holes to corners as issued; otherwise generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage Institute of Army Education uniform posters. -
Tank Corps (now Royal) Captain (Fighting Order) 1917 uniform
Lithograph 50 x 31 cm Produced for the Institute of Army Education. Printed for HM Stationery Office by I A Limited, Southall 51. These posters were produced by the Institute of Army Education, likely for display in barracks. Created in the 1950s, they illustrate the 'vintage' uniforms worn by the Corps during the First World War. Condition: punched holes to corners as issued; otherwise generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage Institute of Army Education uniform posters. -
Royal Flying Corps (RAF) Officer 1914 uniform
Lithograph 50 x 31 cm Produced for the Institute of Army Education. Printed for HM Stationery Office by I A Limited, Southall 51. These posters were produced by the Institute of Army Education, likely for display in barracks. Created in the 1950s, they illustrate the 'vintage' uniforms worn by the Corps during the First World War. Condition: punched holes to corners as issued; otherwise generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage Institute of Army Education uniform posters. -
Scots Guards Guardsman (Marching Order) 1917 uniform
Lithograph 50 x 31 cm Produced for the Institute of Army Education. Printed for HM Stationery Office by I A Limited, Southall 51. These posters were produced by the Institute of Army Education, likely for display in barracks. Created in the 1950s, they illustrate the 'vintage' uniforms worn by the Corps during the First World War. Condition: punched holes to corners as issued; otherwise generally very good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage Institute of Army Education uniform posters. -
Gaynor Chapman (1935-2000)
Nine Hundred Years Ago
1966 Lithographic poster for London Transport From the original printing but sold at the time in the London Transport poster shop hence overprinted 'This is a reproduction of a poster designed for London Transport." 101×63.5cm Chapman attended the Epsom School of Art and the RCA where she studied illustration and graphics. Her posters for London Transport are amongst her best works. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Kleinwalsertal Allgauer Alpen
Original vintage poster 74 x 50 cm This bright 1970s poster encourages us to tour to Austria and ride the cable car up to the Kanzelwand (a mountain on the border between Vorarlberg, Austria and Bavaria, Germany). Here, a charming family of hikers gaze up at the cable car as it crosses overhead. Condition: generally very good; one or two little creases to bottom. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage travel posters. -
Austria Österreich - St Wolfgang am Wolfgangsee
Original vintage poster 61 x 43 cm St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut is an Austrian market town east of Salzburg, named after Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg. This sunny poster encourages us to visit - and perhaps to lunch by Lake Wolfgangsee. Condition: generally very good; a few very small edge losses to right hand. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage travel posters. -
France - les vins de Bourgogne Le Clos de Vougeot Cote d'Or
Original vintage poster 61 x 40 cm An original poster depicting the Château du Clos de Vougeot vineyard in Burgundy during the grape harvest. Men and women pick the grapes outside the Château. Standing in the very heart of Burgundy's vineyards, Clos de Vougeot was originally a wine farm, built in the 12th century by monks from the nearby Abbey of Cîteaux. In the 16th century, a Renaissance style château was added to the existing buildings. Even though the Chateau du Clos de Vougeot does not produce wine anymore, it stays the symbol of a millenary of Burgundy's History. Condition: generally very good, small crease to top corner. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for more original vintage posters. -
Stanley Kennedy North (1887 - 1942)
British Empire Exhibition Map (1924)
Lithograph 51 x 75 cm This fascinating and attractive map with elaborate cartouche highlights the attractions of the British Empire Exhibition, a showcase held in London to exhibit the fruits of Britain's overseas colonies. It was designed to boost support for the Empire's activities, encourage trade of imperial goods, and remind other world powers of Britain's (historic) colonial capacity. The Empire Stadium was built especially to house the exhibition; it is known today as Wembley Stadium. The exhibition was opened by King George V on St George's Day, 1924. Condition: generally good; folds as issued; a few short tears at corners. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other original vintage posters.
