Perhaps we should have second thoughts on his vertical take-off….
Victor ("Vicky") Weisz (1913 - 1966)
Ink, crayon and gouache on paper
19 November 1963Image not available
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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Explore
- People
- Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel Douglas-Home (1903 - 1995), Richard Austen, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden Butler (1902 - 1982), Reginald Maudling (1917 - 1979), Sir Edward Richard George Heath (1916 - 2005), (George Edward) Peter, Baron Thorneycroft Thorneycroft (1909 - 1994)
- Places
- Subjects
- briefcase, trading stamp, money, social commentary, Secretary of State for Defence, bomb, missile
- Materials & Techniques
- paper (as artists material), gouache (as artists material), ink, crayon, Ink drawing, cartoon
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Details
- Title
- Perhaps we should have second thoughts on his vertical take-off….
- Date
- 19 November 1963
- Medium
- Ink, crayon and gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- height: 44.50 cm, width: 53.50 cm
- Acquisition
- Presented by Denis Healey 1966
- Inscription
- inside image: [top left] Vicky [centre] DEFENCE COSTS [bottom right] OWN YOUR OWN DETERRENT!! THIS TRADING-STAMP IS GIVEN AWAY WITH EACH VICKY CARTOON. IF YOU COLLECT 100,000 YOU WILL RECEIVE A BEAUTIFUL H-BOMB FREE! below image: [centre] "PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT HIS VERTICAL TAKE-OFF..."
- Provenance
- Presented by Denis Healey (when Secretary of State for Defence) to MoD
- GAC number
- 7789