WWII Careless Talk Lithograph by Fougasse

Name/Title

WWII "Careless Talk" Lithograph by Fougasse

Entry/Object ID

2022.2.85.111

Description

"Don't forget that walls have ears! Careless talk costs lives." A British WWII propaganda poster depicts two women sitting in a room having tea and with Hitler's face on the wallpaper behind them. Cyril Kenneth Bird, known by his pseudonym Fougasse (a type of land mine), was an established British cartoonist by World War II. He was art editor of Punch magazine and later chief editor. During WWII, he worked for free for the United Kingdom's Ministry of Information, designing humorous propaganda posters such as the one seen here.

Location

Room

Living Room

Building

The Big House

Ohio State Park

Malabar Farm State Park