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Charles Benjamin Beardsworth
Mining for National Savings, original vintage poster by Charles Beardsworth

c.1940

About the Item

Charles Benjamin Beardsworth Mining for National Savings -- Back your efforts with national savings for future prosperity Lithograph 75 x 50 cm This poster was a British propaganda piece issued during or after World War II by the National Savings Movement. This campaign aimed to encourage the public to invest in National Savings Certificates, War Bonds, and Defence Bonds to support the country’s financial stability and post-war recovery. The poster features a man poised with his pneumatic drill, grinding away at the walls. His target is not coal or minerals, he is mining instead for national savings bonds and a slew of bonds and bank books tumble down wall. The poster therefore draws a direct parallel between the work undertaken in the mines to fuel the war effort and the war bonds purchased by the British public.
  • Creator:
    Charles Benjamin Beardsworth
  • Creation Year:
    c.1940
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.53 in (75 cm)Width: 19.69 in (50 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Generally very good, tiny marginal loss to bottom right approx 10 x 4 mm, a few very short edge tears.
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU795315986822

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