'A Grã-Bretanha, Defensora da Liberdade' (British poster in Portuguese)
A painted view from above shows an RAF twin-engined aircraft and others over the government-offices quarter of Berlin, with bombs falling among buildings flying swastika flags. The Portuguese headline, 'Great Britain, Defender of Freedom', puts a virtue word over the picture of a bombing raid and carries the whole argument.
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- British Embassy Press and Information Services (Serviços de Imprensa e Informação da Embaixada Britânica); artist Jobson
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Media and information
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Google Arts & Culture image of a copy in the Museu do Caramulo), retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Government work, Crown copyright expired; PD-UK-Gov per Wikimedia Commons)
British Embassy Press and Information Services; artist Jobson, c. 1942-1945. Museu do Caramulo via Google Arts & Culture, and Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
Aviões da R.A.F. a voarem de dia sobre o bairro das repartições oficiais de Berlim. A GRÃ-BRETANHA DEFENSORA DA LIBERDADE SERVIÇOS DE IMPRENSA E INFORMAÇÃO DA EMBAIXADA BRITÂNICA [signature in the painting:] JOBSON
R.A.F. aircraft flying by day over the government-offices district of Berlin. GREAT BRITAIN DEFENDER OF FREEDOM PRESS AND INFORMATION SERVICES OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY [signature in the painting:] JOBSON
