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- Conrad Atkinson born 1940
- Title
- Colour photograph of a wall police or army notice on a gate in Northern Ireland
- Date
- [c.1975]
- Medium
- Colour photograph
- Dimensions
- 120 × 181 mm
- Description
- The notice reads, 'Support Law & Order: The security forces regret the inconvenience caused by these barriers. Unfortunately they are essential for public safety and to assist in the defeat of terrorism'.
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 201020/3/43
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