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Object Details

Category
Posters
Related period
Interwar (production), Second World War (content)
Creator
Augusto [attributed] (Undefined)
Ministerio de Propaganda (publisher/sponsor)
Place made
Spain
Materials

Support: paper

medium: lithograph

Dimensions

Support: Height 670 mm., Width 494 mm.

Frame: Depth 20 mm., Height 448 mm., Width 325 mm.

Mount: Height 670 mm., Width 495 mm.

Catalogue number
Art.IWM PST 8661

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