Item #CL189-62 Careless Talk Costs Lives. Cyril Kenneth Bird “Fougasse”, Brit.
Careless Talk Costs Lives
Careless Talk Costs Lives
Careless Talk Costs Lives
Careless Talk Costs Lives
Careless Talk Costs Lives
Careless Talk Costs Lives
Careless Talk Costs Lives
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Careless Talk Costs Lives

1940. Eight colour lithograph posters, each signed in image upper left, 31.8 x 20.4cm (each). Foxing, stains, some water damage.

Captions include (1) Strictly between you and me; (2) Strictly between these four walls; (3) But of course it mustn’t go any further!; (4) But for heaven’s sake, don’t say I told you!; (5) Be careful what you say and where you say it!; (6) Of course there’s no harm in your knowing!; (7) Don’t forget that walls have ears!; and (8) You never know who’s listening!

Held in V&A with the comment “Fougasse was art editor of the magazine Punch when WWII broke out in 1939, and he offered his services free to the British Government. He produced propaganda material for almost every ministry, and his gossiping cartoon characters injected welcome humour into propaganda posters in February 1940. Their popularity set a new tone for official mass communication. Despite an extended and illustrious career as a cartoonist, illustrator and commercial poster designer, it is probably for his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ posters, issued by the Ministry of Information for display in public transport, that he is best known.”

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