• Louis Masquelier (1898-1945)

    The Telephone 

    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.  
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Y Entry to the Navy

    Original Lithographic Poster 76x51cm If you are interested, 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) "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.
  • 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) 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.
  • 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.
  • 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)

    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 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 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)

    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 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.

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