Absentees Help The Axis WWII Eckersley London Underground

£1,250.00

Original vintage British World War Two propaganda poster - Don't be an absentee Absentees help the axis - featuring a great graphic design by the notable artist Tom Eckersley (1914-1997) issued by London Transport to encourage staff punctuality and discourage workplace absence to help the war effort on the home front depicting a silhouette of a worker standing alone casting a shadow, the motivational text between a bold red broken chain link in the foreground representing his disruption to the chain of production and transportation, an outline of the London Underground roundel below. Fair condition, foxing, creasing, pinholes, staining.

Country UK
Year 1945
Artist Tom Eckersley
Width (cm) 44
Height (cm) 60
Linen backed? No
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