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Designs for wartime information campaign 'Careless Talk Costs Lives'
Artist: Cyril Kenneth Bird 'Fougasse' (1887 - 1965)
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1940
Materials: pen & pencil & watercolour on paper
Dimensions: various
Grant:
Amount Paid: £15,000 (Total: £37,000)
Vendor: Hilary Gerrish and Neil Jennings Ltd
Review number: 5767 (2006)
Provenance:
Artist's family; Christopher Gage of Marlborough; Hilary Gerrish and Neil Jennings Ltd, 2004.
Description:
Eight original designs for the 'Careless Talk Costs Lives' poster campaign. The designs are close in appearance to the issued posters and show the development of the final slogan which started as 'Careless Talk May Cost Us All Dear'. The campaign revolutionised official propaganda by using humour.
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