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Title / object name  Poster, ’We risk our lives to bring you food’
Maker  Role  Date  
Beadle, James P.  artist  1917  
Ministry of Food (Food Controller)  publisher  1917  
Medium Summary  Colour lithograph on paper
Materials  ink, paper
Dimensions
Overall  764 (Height) x 512 (Length) mm
Classification  political posters
Technique  colour lithography
Registration Number  GH014070
Credit Line
Gift of Department of Defence, 1919

This serious, muted First World War poster was a reminder of the high toll inflicted by German submarines on British merchant ships.

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