The Right Honourable Winston S. Churchill, C.H., M.P.
A coloured half-length portrait of Winston Churchill in a dark suit and polka-dot bow tie carries only his name and honours, a photographer credit and a printer's imprint. No slogan or sponsor appears. The sheet works as an authority image: the leader's face and title are offered without argument, which is why it is tagged testimonial as the closest fit.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Photograph by Cecil Beaton; printed in England by Fosh & Cross Ltd. (no sponsor named)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Individual
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Elections and party politics, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Photograph by Cecil Beaton; printed by Fosh & Cross Ltd. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-342.
Text on the object
CECIL BEATON THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, C.H., M.P. PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY FOSH & CROSS LTD.
