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Original Antique Poster Eye Opener Tariff Reform Food Taxes German British Bread

1900s

About the Item

Original antique political election propaganda poster issued by the Liberal Party in support of Tariff Reform - An Eye Opener - featuring an illustration of a German shopkeeper wearing glasses, a white hat and black waistcoat over a striped shirt and smoking a pipe as he leans over the counter with loaves of black bread and tins marked German Produce on the shelves, talking with a lady wearing a long white and red polka dot dress and a red headscarf and carrying a basket on her arm in front of a sign on the wall of the shop - Tariff Reform Stores Bread always dear Meat still dearer - and a sign leaning against the counter in the foreground - A Meeting of Berlin Unemployed to demand a repeal of the duties on the Necessaries of Life - and the conversation text below the image in red and black - Shopkeeper in Germany to British Housewife: You can't get a 4-lb. WHITE loaf for 6d. in this Country - I can give you a 3-lb. BLACK loaf if that will suit you. BUT IT WON'T. Published by the Liberal Publication Department, London. Poor condition, creasing, foxing, tears, restored tears, folded, pencil marks, minor paper losses, paint on image.
  • Creation Year:
    1900s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 40.16 in (102 cm)Width: 29.73 in (75.5 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Poor condition, creasing, foxing, tears, restored tears, folded, pencil marks, minor paper losses, paint on image.
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU4368408272
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