{"product_id":"dig-for-victory-tunbridge-1941-home-front","title":"Dig for Victory 1941 | WW2 Home Front Poster","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small child, seen entirely from behind, strides across a cream ground with a long-handled hoe in one hand and a D-handled spade in the other. The figure, white sun hat, white shirt and shorts, legs in warm orange-tan, is set against a soft circular blue vignette. Above, bold black slab capitals read DIG and FOR on either side; below, thick red capitals spell VICTORY. One small figure, two tools, three words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdapted from the prize-winning design by Mary Tunbridge and first issued by the British Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1941, printed for H.M. Stationery Office by H. Manly and Son Ltd. The Dig for Victory campaign launched in October 1939, calling on households across Britain to convert every available plot of land into food production as enemy blockades cut deeply into imported food supplies. Tunbridge's child figure carried the campaign's most potent argument: this was not a sacrifice asked only of soldiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poster remained in print throughout the war and into the early 1950s, evidence of the continuing relevance of its message and the enduring appeal of its composition. Compared with the more rhetorically charged recruitment and propaganda imagery of the same period, Tunbridge's design is notable for its restraint: no pointing finger, no urgent gaze, no appeal to duty or fear. A child walks. That is all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReproduced as a fine art archival print on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art Paper from a high-resolution restoration of the original lithographic design. Suited to a study, home office, or any wall where the graphic design of the home front is valued as history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Poster Archives","offers":[{"title":"A4","offer_id":64435928072569,"sku":"VPA-13877-A4","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3","offer_id":64435928105337,"sku":"VPA-13877-A3","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2","offer_id":64435928138105,"sku":"VPA-13877-A2","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70cm","offer_id":64435928170873,"sku":"VPA-13877-50x70cm","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1","offer_id":64435928203641,"sku":"VPA-13877-A1","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"70x100cm","offer_id":64435928236409,"sku":"VPA-13877-70x100cm","price":59.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0","offer_id":64435928269177,"sku":"VPA-13877-A0","price":69.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/1139\/4937\/files\/Propaganda-DigForVictory-ChildGardener-1940s__VPA-13877.jpg?v=1788172110","url":"https:\/\/vintageposterarchives.com\/products\/dig-for-victory-tunbridge-1941-home-front","provider":"Vintage Poster Archives","version":"1.0","type":"link"}