Conrad Atkinson

Colour photograph of a poster depicting a paramilitary holding a rifle, children, and the slogan, ‘Victory to the IRA 1974’

[c.1975]

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Created by: Conrad Atkinson born 1940
Title: Colour photograph of a poster depicting a paramilitary holding a rifle, children, and the slogan, ‘Victory to the IRA 1974’
Date: [c.1975]
Medium: Colour photograph
Dimensions: 117 x 181 mm
Description: Originally filed in a plastic wallet containing a post-it note annotated with, '25, £1500'
Format: Photograph - print
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Purchased by Tate Archive from Margaret Harrison, November 2010.
Reference: TGA 201020/3/38

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Colour photograph of a poster depicting a paramilitary holding a rifle, children, and the slogan, 'Victory to the IRA 1974' TGA 201020/3/38

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Conrad Atkinson

Colour photograph of a poster depicting a paramilitary holding a rifle, children, and the slogan, ‘Victory to the IRA 1974’

[c.1975]

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Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a drawing of a woman holding an Irish flag, a man holding a rifle, and ‘The year of Freedom is near. Victory to the Provisional I.R.A.’

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a wall in Derry, Northern Ireland painted with a soldier holding a rifle next to the words, ‘Join the IRA’, and ‘Free Derry’

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a poster depicting a woman holding her finger to her mouth, flanked by two coffins and the caption, ‘Remember Loose Talk Costs Lives’

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a poster in Northern Ireland depicting a rifle and the date 1916, paramilitary soldiers with grenade launchers, and a rifle next to the date 1974

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a poster depicting a woman holding a wounded child and the caption, ‘No Sensible Person Wants This. Help us to stop it by ringing 25596 or the confidential phone 652155’

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a poster with the slogan, ‘Join the volunteer soldiers of the Belfast Brigade’

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Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a poster depicting police brutality beneath the caption, ‘RUC Out’

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Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a poster depicting a man behind bars and the caption, ‘Christmas 1972: End Repression, End Internment’

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