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Description: | Concept: charities, seascape, shipping, emblems, advertisement, film, flag / banner / standard, women / womens work, military personnel, royalty Description: whole: the image covers the majority, with the title and text separate and positioned across the upper quarter and across the bottom, in blue against a yellow background. All held within a black border. image: a full-length depiction of Britannia holding a round shield decorated with a Union Flag and a sword inscribed with the word 'JUSTICE'. She stands on a cliff top at night pointing the sword up into the sky, where an image of a hand holding a flaming torch appears. In the background a convoy of British ships steam towards the viewer. text: HEROES OF THE SEA A STIRRING DRAMA THAT WILL THRILL YOU WITH PRIDE AS THE GLORIOUS DEEDS OF OUR BRAVE SEAMEN ARE UNFOLDED ON THE SCREEN A WONDERFUL STORY OF THE NAVY AND MERCANTILE MARINE AND ITS GLORIOUS HEROES. A GREAT PICTURE FOR A GREAT PURPOSE A PICTURE THAT WILL LIVE IN YOUR MEMORY HILL SIFFKEN AND Co LONDON IN AID OF KING GEORGE'S FUND FOR SAILORS Patron: HIS MAJESTY THE KING. Object: sword, shield, torch, ship, flag | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Printer: Hill, Siffken and Co Ltd, London Publisher/Sponsor: King George´s Fund for Sailors Associated Person: Britannia Associated Person: George V, King | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=2903... | Go to resource |
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