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Builders YOU Are Hitting Back Original WW2 Poster (c.1940)
'Builders - YOU Are Hitting Back' Original WW2 Poster (c.1940) 76 x 50.5 cm Lithograph and letterpress (on paper) Printed by Lowe and Brydone Printers Ltd, London NW10. Published by HM Stationery Office. Because: You are building bases for the Flying Boats which guard the convoys You are building the Factories which makes the guns, tanks, planes & shells You are building the Airfields for the ever increasing number of bombers and fighters - Spitfire You are building the Hostels for your fellow workers to live in You are building the warehouses which store the Nation's Food Supply -
Owen Miller (1907-1960)
You’ve got a Good Case
Ministry of Aircraft Production, Printed for HMSO by Fosh & Cross c. 1940 Lithographic poster This poster was one of a series produced by Miller to encourage efficiency in aircraft factories, probably in 1942. 30×20 inches 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. -
Nat Harrison
Accidents Sometimes Happen... Work Carefully Avoid Scrap
Original poster c. 1943 Printed for HMSO by J Weiner Ltd, London for the Ministry of Aircraft Production Produced by the Bayly-Souster advertising agency, Fleet Street Provenance the estate of Ernest Bendell-Bayly The waste-not-want-not campaign of World War 2 in the UK had to tackle waste at all levels. Here workers in aircraft factories are encouraged to work carefully in order to avoid creating products that had to be scrapped. Not only were the raw materials scrapped, but also the valuable hours of workers' time involved. When Lord Beaverbrook commenced his term as Minister of Aircraft Production in May 1940 it was an industry beset with problems. Aircraft parts were produced in sufficient numbers, but assembly into flyable aircraft proved more challenging – the Castle Bromwich Spitfire factory had not produced a single completed aircraft by this point. Moreover the RAF central depots had large supplies of aircraft that had not been issued to squadrons. Once this was all brought under Beaverbrook’s control, aircraft production increased rapidly. During the Battle of Britain, the British production of fighter aircraft was two-and-a-half times that of Germany. Britain had 644 operable fighters at the start of July 1940 – when the Battle of Britain began – against the German 725. By the end of October 1940, when the German offensive finished, British fighter aircraft had – despite significant losses – increased to 732 whilst the Germans were left with just 275. To achieve this great productivity increase the Ministry was run on informal grounds; few notes were kept; staff members had few formal roles. Essential to the success were motivational posters in the aircraft factories. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Ministry of War Transport Quicker Turnaround Helps to Quicker Victory - Football
Original vintage poster c. 1940 30x20" Printed by H M Stationery Office by J Weiner Ltd London WC1 Provenance, the Bendell Bayley studio. During the war, every aspect of life had its own Government influence. Here transport of war materiel is being managed and faster re-loading of transport is encouraged to improve efficiency. Condition: Good. Backed to linen. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (1887 - 1965)
Become a Rugby Referee
Lithographic poster 32 x 26 cm "If you sometimes wonder whether you still enjoy being battered about on a Sunday afternoon quite as much as you did, why not give a thought to refereeing - which would allow you to keep up a connection with the game of games, and do a very useful job for it too." Fougasse was a British cartoonist. He was art editor of Punch between 1937 and 1949, and subsequently editor until 1953. He is best known for his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ series of posters, and the other posters for the Ministry of Information and London Transport. As the Second World War progressed, the Ministry of Information’s poster campaign had become less and less effective. There were posters instructing the population to save old clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and carry on. With this instruction overload, the population had ceased paying attention to the posters. Fougasse noticed this, and offered his services unpaid to the Ministry of Information, with a view to bringing a touch of humour to the posters. His amusing designs with pithy captions, reminiscent of newspaper cartoons, helped to get the Ministry's messages across in a novel way.Fougasse's distinctive poster style, with the red border, was subsequently adopted by other Ministry artists.Condition: backed to linen; generally excellent. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other works by the artist. -
Seven Rules of Health
63.5 x 101cm Lithographic poster Published by HMSO for Ministry of Health and Department of Health for Scotland c. 1950 -
Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (1887 - 1965)
Careless Talk Costs Lives (circa 1940)
Lithographic poster 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 8 in) Version printed on thinner paper. Fougasse was a British cartoonist. He was art editor of Punch between 1937 and 1949, and subsequently editor until 1953. He is best known for his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ series of posters, and the other posters for the Ministry of Information and London Transport. As the Second World War progressed, the Ministry of Information’s poster campaign had become less and less effective. There were posters instructing the population to save old clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and carry on. With this instruction overload, the population had ceased paying attention to the posters. Fougasse noticed this, and offered his services unpaid to the Ministry of Information, with a view to bringing a touch of humour to the posters. His amusing designs with pithy captions, reminiscent of newspaper cartoons, helped to get the Ministry's messages across in a novel way. Fougasse's distinctive poster style, with the red border, was subsequently adopted by other Ministry artists. Condition: if you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (1887 - 1965)
Careless Talk Costs Lives (circa 1940)
Lithographic poster 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 8 in) Version printed on thinner paper. Fougasse was a British cartoonist. He was art editor of Punch between 1937 and 1949, and subsequently editor until 1953. He is best known for his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ series of posters, and the other posters for the Ministry of Information and London Transport. As the Second World War progressed, the Ministry of Information’s poster campaign had become less and less effective. There were posters instructing the population to save old clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and carry on. With this instruction overload, the population had ceased paying attention to the posters. Fougasse noticed this, and offered his services unpaid to the Ministry of Information, with a view to bringing a touch of humour to the posters. His amusing designs with pithy captions, reminiscent of newspaper cartoons, helped to get the Ministry's messages across in a novel way. Fougasse's distinctive poster style, with the red border, was subsequently adopted by other Ministry artists. Condition: if you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Beverley Pick (1916 - 1995/6)
Save Fuel on Bath Night (circa 1944)
Original vintage poster 30 x 20 in Poster published for the Ministry of Information. In this series of ten posters, "Mrs Housewife" shows us how to save fuel at home as part of the Home Front war effort. The character's hair and dress, and the style of the bath (with a line drawn on it to remind bathers to use no more than five inches of water), are fantastically 1940s. Beverley Pick was born in the Netherlands. He spent the Second World War designing posters for the Ministry of Information, many of them in a highly modern photographic style. He was a member of the Society of Industrial Artists, and created varied posters for commercial and industrial organisations, including the British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways, after the war. Condition: folds as issued; slight edge wear. 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 Home Front posters. -
Beverley Pick (1916 - 1995/6)
Save Fuel when Cooking (circa 1944)
Original vintage poster 30 x 20 in Poster published for the Ministry of Information. In this series of ten posters, "Mrs Housewife" shows us how to save fuel at home as part of the Home Front war effort. The character's hair and dress, and the style of her kitchen, are fantastically 1940s. Beverley Pick was born in the Netherlands. He spent the Second World War designing posters for the Ministry of Information, many of them in a highly modern photographic style. He was a member of the Society of Industrial Artists, and created varied posters for commercial and industrial organisations, including the British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways, after the war. Condition: folds as issued; slight edge wear. 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 Home Front posters. -
Beverley Pick (1916 - 1995/6)
Save Fuel when Ironing (circa 1944)
Original vintage poster 30 x 20 in Poster published for the Ministry of Information. In this series of ten posters, "Mrs Housewife" shows us how to save fuel at home as part of the Home Front war effort. The character's hair, clothes, and tiny iron are fantastically 1940s. Beverley Pick was born in the Netherlands. He spent the Second World War designing posters for the Ministry of Information, many of them in a highly modern photographic style. He was a member of the Society of Industrial Artists, and created varied posters for commercial and industrial organisations, including the British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways, after the war. Condition: folds as issued; slight edge wear. 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 Home Front posters. -
Beverley Pick (1916 - 1995/6)
What Mrs Housewife Can Learn To Do (circa 1944)
Original vintage poster 30 x 20 in Poster published for the Ministry of Information. This series of ten posters illustrates how housewives ought to save fuel at home as part of the Home Front war effort. Here, we are presented with a list of six tasks, including insulating water tanks and reading electricity meters, which a housewife should learn to do. Beverley Pick was born in the Netherlands. He spent the Second World War designing posters for the Ministry of Information, many of them in a highly modern photographic style. He was a member of the Society of Industrial Artists, and created varied posters for commercial and industrial organisations, including the British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways, after the war. Condition: folds as issued, slight edge wear, and short closed edge tear. 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 Home Front posters. -
Beverley Pick (1916 - 1995/6)
Save Fuel at Tea Time (circa 1944)
Original vintage poster 30 x 20 in Poster published for the Ministry of Information. In this series of ten posters, "Mrs Housewife" shows us how to save fuel at home as part of the Home Front war effort. The character's hair and dress are fantastically 1940s. Beverley Pick was born in the Netherlands. He spent the Second World War designing posters for the Ministry of Information, many of them in a highly modern photographic style. He was a member of the Society of Industrial Artists, and created varied posters for commercial and industrial organisations, including the British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways, after the war. Condition: folds as issued; slight edge wear. 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 Home Front posters. -
Beverley Pick (1916 - 1995/6)
Save Fuel at Breakfast Time (circa 1944)
Original vintage poster 30 x 20 in Poster published for the Ministry of Information. In this series of ten posters, "Mrs Housewife" shows us how to save fuel at home as part of the Home Front war effort. The character's kitchen, kettle, and cooking accoutrements are fantastically 1940s. Beverley Pick was born in the Netherlands. He spent the Second World War designing posters for the Ministry of Information, many of them in a highly modern photographic style. He was a member of the Society of Industrial Artists, and created varied posters for commercial and industrial organisations, including the British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways, after the war. Condition: folds as issued; slight edge wear. 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 Home Front posters. -
Beverley Pick (1916 - 1995/6)
Save Fuel at the Sink (circa 1944)
Original vintage poster 30 x 20 in Poster published for the Ministry of Information. In this series of ten posters, "Mrs Housewife" shows us how to save fuel at home as part of the Home Front war effort. The character's hair and dress, and the style of her kitchen, are fantastically 1940s. Beverley Pick was born in the Netherlands. He spent the Second World War designing posters for the Ministry of Information, many of them in a highly modern photographic style. He was a member of the Society of Industrial Artists, and created varied posters for commercial and industrial organisations, including the British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways, after the war. Condition: folds as issued; slight edge wear. 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 Home Front posters. -
Beverley Pick (1916 - 1995/6)
Save Fuel in the Living Room (circa 1944)
Original vintage poster 30 x 20 in Poster published for the Ministry of Information. In this series of ten posters, "Mrs Housewife" shows us how to save fuel at home as part of the Home Front war effort. The character's hair and dress are fantastically 1940s. Beverley Pick was born in the Netherlands. He spent the Second World War designing posters for the Ministry of Information, many of them in a highly modern photographic style. He was a member of the Society of Industrial Artists, and created varied posters for commercial and industrial organisations, including the British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways, after the war. Condition: folds as issued; slight edge wear. 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 Home Front posters. -
Beverley Pick (1916 - 1995/6)
Mild Weather is Your Chance to Save Fuel (circa 1944)
Original vintage poster 30 x 20 in Poster published for the Ministry of Information. In this series of ten posters, "Mrs Housewife" shows us how to save fuel at home as part of the Home Front war effort. This poster advises that less heating, and thus less fuel, is required during mild weather. Beverley Pick was born in the Netherlands. He spent the Second World War designing posters for the Ministry of Information, many of them in a highly modern photographic style. He was a member of the Society of Industrial Artists, and created varied posters for commercial and industrial organisations, including the British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways, after the war. Condition: folds as issued; slight edge wear. 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 Home Front posters. -
Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (1887 - 1965)
Careless Talk Costs Lives (circa 1940)
Lithographic poster 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 8 in) Version printed on thicker paper. "But of course it mustn't go any further" - in the luggage compartments above two gossiping men, Mussolini and Hitler are hiding. Fougasse reminds us that we ought not to discuss secrets which could be of use to them. Fougasse was a British cartoonist. He was art editor of Punch between 1937 and 1949, and subsequently editor until 1953. He is best known for his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ series of posters, and the other posters for the Ministry of Information and London Transport. As the Second World War progressed, the Ministry of Information’s poster campaign had become less and less effective. There were posters instructing the population to save old clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and carry on. With this instruction overload, the population had ceased paying attention to the posters. Fougasse noticed this, and offered his services unpaid to the Ministry of Information, with a view to bringing a touch of humour to the posters. His amusing designs with pithy captions, reminiscent of newspaper cartoons, helped to get the Ministry's messages across in a novel way.Fougasse's distinctive poster style, with the red border, was subsequently adopted by other Ministry artists.Condition: backed to linen; generally excellent. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other works by the artist. -
Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (1887 - 1965)
Careless Talk Costs Lives (circa 1940)
Lithographic poster 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 8 in) "Strictly between these four walls" - here, in the painting hanging behind two gossiping men in gentleman's club, hide Mussolini and Hitler. Fougasse reminds us that we ought not to discuss secrets which could be of use to them. Fougasse was a British cartoonist. He was art editor of Punch between 1937 and 1949, and subsequently editor until 1953. He is best known for his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ series of posters, and the other posters for the Ministry of Information and London Transport. As the Second World War progressed, the Ministry of Information’s poster campaign had become less and less effective. There were posters instructing the population to save old clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and carry on. With this instruction overload, the population had ceased paying attention to the posters. Fougasse noticed this, and offered his services unpaid to the Ministry of Information, with a view to bringing a touch of humour to the posters. His amusing designs with pithy captions, reminiscent of newspaper cartoons, helped to get the Ministry's messages across in a novel way.Fougasse's distinctive poster style, with the red border, was subsequently adopted by other Ministry artists.Condition: good. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other works by the artist. -
Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (1887 - 1965)
Careless Talk Costs Lives (circa 1940)
Lithographic poster 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 8 in) "You never know who's listening" - here, behind two gossiping passengers on a bus, sit Mussolini and Hitler. Fougasse reminds us that we ought not to discuss secrets which could be of use to them. Fougasse was a British cartoonist. He was art editor of Punch between 1937 and 1949, and subsequently editor until 1953. He is best known for his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ series of posters, and the other posters for the Ministry of Information and London Transport. As the Second World War progressed, the Ministry of Information’s poster campaign had become less and less effective. There were posters instructing the population to save old clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and carry on. With this instruction overload, the population had ceased paying attention to the posters. Fougasse noticed this, and offered his services unpaid to the Ministry of Information, with a view to bringing a touch of humour to the posters. His amusing designs with pithy captions, reminiscent of newspaper cartoons, helped to get the Ministry's messages across in a novel way.Fougasse's distinctive poster style, with the red border, was subsequently adopted by other Ministry artists.Condition: excellent. Backed to linen. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Click here for other works by the artist. -
Y Entry to the Navy
Original Lithographic Poster 76x51cm If you are interested, email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Design for Bianchi Ferier, Lyon for a silk scarf 5 March 1945
Gouache, pen and ink 78cm x 76cm Provenance: The Bianchi Ferrier archive sale at Christies On 9 February 1945 the 'Colmar Pocket' was finally cleared of Germans - a process that had started in November 1944 - and the province of Alsace changed hands between France and Germany for the fourth time in 75 years. Happily in the succeeding 75 years Alsace has not changed ownership. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good. -
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Which? Have you a Reason for not Enlisting - Or only an Excuse for not Enlisting. Now!
Original lithographic poster c. 1914 75 x 50cm Published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London Printed by the Abbey Press 32 & 34 Great Peter St Westminster SW Before conscription was introduced at the beginning of 1916, recruitment into the British Army was all by way of volunteering. Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, wanted to recruit almost 100,000 men per month and by the end of 1915 the supply of volunteers - despite excellent posters such as this one - was drying up. -
Eric Fraser For Progress in the Future Save Now
75x51cm Original Vintage Poster Issued by the National Savings Committee If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Backed to linen, small edge tears to right side as visibile in image. -
Charles Paine (1895-1967)
Army Map of England (1944)
Lithograph 99 x 75 cm Published for the National Savings Committee in London, the Scottish Savings Committee in Edinburgh, and the Ulster Savings Committee in Belfast. Printed at Field Sons & Co. Ltd., Bradford, for His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Signed lower left in the plate. Charles Paine was a versatile and prolific designer, who drew on his training in stained glass to create bold, structured and highly stylised lithographs for a variety of companies. This decorative and brightly-coloured map illustrates the various county regiments of Great Britain, with a border of regimental badges. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Louis Masquelier (1898-1945)
The TelephoneÂ
L. Masquelier/ Lorraine Sqdrn. (2nd TAF Security Poster No.4) Lithographic Poster 55x34.5cm Issued by the 2nd Tactical Airforce ('TAF'). This was a combination of both fighter and bomber units formed for the purposes of supporting the army in the 1944 invasion of Europe. The artist was a  Sergent-chef (sergeant) in No 342 (Lorraine) Squadron RAF, a Free French Squadron transferred back to the Armée de l'Air in December 1945. An air gunner - and relatively old at 41 at the beginning of the war - he flew on many operations, also serving as cine-cameraman thanks to his artistic skills. He died on 28 May 1945, after the end of the war. Here a Frenchman has depicted that most English of items, Giles Gilbert Scott's K2 telephone box warning members of the 2nd TAF to be careful when using the telephone. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
'Zero' Hans Schleger Safety Week
Lithographic panel poster 1937 Published by London 'Safety First' Council Printed by Dangerfield Printing Company Ltd A copy of this poster is in the collection of the London Transport Museum. Click here for biographical details and other posters by Hans 'Zero' Schleger. Provenance: the estate of the artist. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Pat Keely (d. 1970) The Royal Navy
75x51cm Original lithographic poster 1939 Printed for HMSO by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd, London If your age is from 17 1/2 to 28 and you have at least 2 1/2 years' experience in any of the following trades: Ground Engineer (Civil Aviation) General Fitter Millwright Jig & Tool Fitter etc. Why not join the new Fleet Air Arm as Air Fitter or Air Rigger Generous Pay and Allowances - Really Secure Employment Good Prospects of Early Advancement to Air Artificer Little is known of the life of the rather private Pat Keely, a prolific and excellent designer of posters. He designed the World Scout Jamboree 4d stamp in 1957 and produced many posters for the British Government. In this excellent poster three aeroplanes are seen landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier; although somewhat stylised they are likely to be the Blackburn Skua. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally very good. -
Owen Miller (1907-1960)
They need spares to use their wings
Original poster c. 1943 76x51cm Printed for HMSO by Multi Machine Plates Ltd for the Ministry of Aircraft Production Damaged Spitfires are pictured waiting in a hanger for spares to arrive, encouraging the workers in the factory to work harder in order to keep the aeroplanes in the air. 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. -
Anonymous
Draughts Eat Coal - Stop All Draughts! Save Fuel for Production
Lithographic poster 76 x 50cm Issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power Printed for HM Stationery Office by J Weiner Ltd, London WC1 Fuel was needed for production of munitions and machinery, as well as to drive the machinery. The population was therefore exhorted not to waste fuel. Successful Home Front propaganda posters, as Fougasse proved, needed to amuse the watcher; cartoonists were accordingly highly regarded for this task. -
Anonymous
Oxford Wings for Victory Poster Design II
c.1943 Gouache on paper 63 x 50 cm 81x66cm including hand-finished frame, UK shipping only Click here to see other posters from this series. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent. -
Anonymous
Oxford Wings for Victory Poster Design IV
c.1943 Gouache on paper 70 x 51 cm 89 x 68 cm including hand-finished frame, UK shipping only Click here to see other posters from this series. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent. -
US Naval Aviation Training Division
1943 Vultee Vengeance World War 2 US airplane
Aeroplane identification 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 (click here) - have a much more arty approach to the task with shading and an interesting angle view. Designed in 1940 as a single-engined dive bomber for the French Armée de l'Air, with deliveries scheduled for October 1940. With the fall of France in June 1940 the order was cancelled, but the British Royal Air Force ordered 200 of these dive bombers having been impressed by the Stuka. It was a reliable aircraft, stable in flight and in a dive. It was much used in Burma, this forgotten theatre of the war being regarded as a repository for otherwise unpopular and unwanted equipment, but where it proved very effective in bombing Japanese positions. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Anonymous
Oxford Wings for Victory Poster Design
56x38cm 62x44cm including hand-finished black frame. Gouache on paper c. 1943 Click here to see other posters from this series and for more information on Wings for Victory campaigns. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: excellent, framed. -
US Naval Aviation Training Division
Short Stirling World War 2 US airplane
Aeroplane identification 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 (click here) - have a much more arty approach to the task with shading and an interesting angle view. Designed by Short Brothers, this was the RAF's first four-engined bomber entering service in 1941. Pilots liked its handling characteristics but the altitude ceiling was a matter of criticism and it was relegated to second-line duties in 1943 when the Halifax and Lancaster were available in sufficient numbers. It was subsequently used for mining harbours, as a glider tug and a supply aircraft. If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
JAKÂ (Raymond Allen Jackson) 1927-1997
"I think we should let the Germans keep it next time" (1992)
Visitez La Belle France, Fly Air France 51x59cm Pen, ink and monochrome wash with inscriptions in pencil. For the London Evening Standard JAK was one of Britian's best-known political cartoonists, working for the London Evening Standard and the Daily Mail between the 1950s and 1990s. He left school at the age of 14, and after a brief career as a messenger boy studied at Willesden College of Technology, studying art with the aim of becoming an art teacher. Following National Service (in the Territorial Army, teaching conscripts to paint), in 1950 he became a staff artist at Link House Publications, and then at advertising agency J Keymer & Co. Whilst working here he submitted cartoons to Punch and other journals, joining the Evening Standard in 1952 as illustrator, also drawing occasional cartoons. In 1966, following the suicide of 'Vicky' (Victor Weisz), he became policital cartoonist at the Evening Standard. Some of his cartoons were highly controversial. In 1970 he caricatured power workers (then striking to improve their conditions) as stupid, greedy and deaf to reason; the entire Evening Standard staff nearly went on strike in response. In 1982 a cartoon in response to the Northern Ireland situation (he frequently depicted Irish people negatively) caused Ken Livingstone to withdraw all advertising from the Standard. His style was distinctive, drawn in ink on 17" x 21.5" board using a mapping pen and brush. His signature was always in a bottom corner, with blob-like serifs, and the title and other instructions were drawn on the picture in pencil. He also drew cartoons for the Mail on Sunday, Daily Express, and Sunday Express. -
Beverley Pick (1916 - 1995/6)
They Need All the Fuel You Can Save (circa 1944)
Original vintage poster 30 x 20 in Poster published for the Ministry of Information. This series of ten posters illustrates how housewives ought to save fuel at home as part of the Home Front war effort. Here, the poster reminds us that less fuel used at home means more fuel available for the Armed Forces (pictured here during the D-Day landings, disembarking from a landing craft). Beverley Pick was born in the Netherlands. He spent the Second World War designing posters for the Ministry of Information, many of them in a highly modern photographic style. He was a member of the Society of Industrial Artists, and created varied posters for commercial and industrial organisations, including the British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways, after the war. Condition: folds as issued; slight edge wear. 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 Home Front posters. -
Owen Miller (1907-1960)
Instrument Bulletin No. 1 - Lancaster Bomber
Our Target is Their Success Original poster c. 1943 75x49cm Printed for HMSO by Multi Machine Plates Ltd for the Ministry of Aircraft Production In the last war our airmen were alone in the sky - dependent only on their wings and their wits. Now they find their way, are warned of danger, know their course, their height, their speed, can calculate their change - by the instruments that keep them in touch with the world. Several miles aloft, a hundred miles away, in glorious combat, in desperate danger - it is you who warn, speed, comfort and save them. Britain owes you many precious lives. 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. -
Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird, 1887 - 1965)
'I'm very glad Jones offered me a lift home as the rain certainly seemed to get much heavier!' (1966)
Pen and ink 32 x 24 cm Signed upper right. Cyril Kenneth Bird, under the name Fougasse, was a British cartoonist. He was art editor of Punch 1937 - 1949, and subsequently editor until 1953. He is best known for his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ series of posters, and produced many other posters for the Ministry of Information and London Underground. His pen and ink cartoons for Punch are some of his gentlest and funniest works. Provenance: The Fine Art Society Ltd., 148 New Bond Street, June 1966. If you’d like to know more, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056.
