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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. -
H. M.Bateman
Don't be Fuel-ish (the man who wasted gas)
Lithographic poster c.1940 For HMSO by Chromoworks. Ministry of Fuel & Power 38x26cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
H. M. Bateman (1887-1970)
Save Fuel for Battle (the husband who wasted the hot water)
Lithographic poster c. 1940 For HMSO by Chromoworks. Ministry of Fuel & Power 38x26cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
H. M. Bateman
Don't be Fuel-ish (the man who would not close the doors)
Lithographic poster 38x26cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
H. M. Bateman (1887-1970)
Don't be Fuel-ish (the man who wasted power)
Lithographic poster 38x26cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
H. M. Bateman (1887-1970)
Don't be Fuel-ish (the Man who Wasted Gas II)
For HMSO by Chromoworks. Ministry of Fuel & Power Lithographic poster c. 1940 38x26cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
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. 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. 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. -
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. -
Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (British, 1887-1965)
Careless Talk Costs Lives
Lithographic posters c1940 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 8 in) Set of eight and individual posters available, please call for current stock. Further biographical details and items by Fougasse are available here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Ernest Bendell-Bayly Lancaster Bomber
Oil on paper laid on board 39x38cm Design for a poster 1940s If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Ernest Bendell-Bayly was a partner in the Bayly-Souster advertising agency, employer of, amongst others, Owen Miller. They produced many posters for the Ministry of Aircraft Production during the war. -
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. -
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. -
Don't leave it all to your fuel watcher
Keep on helping him to save HEAT STEAM POWER LIGHT Lithographic poster c. 1940 for HMSO by W R Royle & Son and issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power 38x25cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Dig for Victory over Want World War II public information
11x18cm for His Majesty's Stationery Office HMSO On gummed paper Printed on gummed paper, this was designed to be widely propagated, so that the public information message would not get lost. With food having to be shipped over the U-Boat infested Atlantic putting sailors' lives and ships at risk, every scrap of food that could be grown at home saved lives and allowed munitions to be transported instead. Therefore the Government started a large public information campaign to Dig for Victory - encouraging people to dig up their gardens and grow food. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Dig for Victory Now
Norman Wilson, c1940
Dig for Victory Now Lithograph 18x12cm (7×4.7 inches), price includes frame. When rationing was at its height, what could be more appealing than a basket of fresh vegetables. What more incentive could be required to Dig For Victory Now? If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (British 1887-1965)
Noise Almost Always Annoys
Lithographic poster c1940 29.5 x 19.6 cm (11.5 x 7.5 in) printed by Fosh & Cross Ltd. “Published by King Edward’s Hospital Fund for London from a drawing kindly presented by Fougasse. No. 6. F&C Ltd.” Further biographical details and items by Fougasse are available here. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
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Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (British, 1887-1965) Careless Talk Costs Lives
Lithographic poster c.1940 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 8 in) The cartoonist Fougasse, was a British cartoonist who 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 the other posters both for the Ministry of Information, London Underground and others. The Ministry of Information’s wartime poster campaign was soon regarded as dull and uninspiring on account of its hectoring messages such as ‘Keep Calm and Carry On.’ There were posters telling the population how to conduct virtually every minute of their daily lives – for instance by saving old clothes for rags, turning off the lights, saving food, digging for victory, or watching out for spies. With this instruction overload the population ceased paying attention to the posters, so Fougasse offered his services to the Ministry of Information unpaid, with a view to bringing a touch of humour to serious messages. An amusing picture and a pithy caption helped to get the message across to the reader. His distinctive style, with the red border, was adopted by other Ministry artists. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent.