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’

[c.1974–5]

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’’ [c.1974–5] — © Conrad Atkinson

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Created by: Conrad Atkinson born 1940
Title: 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’
Date: [c.1974–5]
Medium: Colour photograph
Dimensions: 126 × 177 mm
Format: Photograph - print
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Purchased by Tate Archive from Margaret Harrison, November 2010.
Reference: TGA 201020/5/43

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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' TGA 201020/5/43

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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’

[c.1974–5]

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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 depicting police brutality beneath the caption, ‘RUC Out’

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