Auction 006
Original Vintage Posters incl. UK Elections
By AntikBar Auctions
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Nov 16, 2024
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LOT 25:
British Elections Poster The Cheapjack Ramsay MacDonald Nationalisation Dope
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British Elections Poster The Cheapjack Ramsay MacDonald Nationalisation Dope
Original vintage political propaganda poster for the 1929 United Kingdom general election - The Cheapjack! Walk up, Walk up, Ladies & Gentlemen! Try my Marvellous Socialist Cure-all for Bad trade Swollen unemployment Broken time Agricultural depression Removes superfluous cash while you wait Luxuriant growth of new taxes guaranteed! - featuring a caricature image of Ramsay MacDonald portrayed as a snake oil salesman holding up and pointing to a bottle labelled Nationalisation Dope facing the viewer with an interested crowd in the background, the bold black and red text above and below. Published by the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, Palace Chambers, Westminster SW1, and printed by S.H. Benson Ltd. Good condition, folds, creasing, minor staining, small tears, small paper loss on right edge. Country of issue: UK, designer: AAW, size (cm): 76x51, year of printing: 1929.
