Banner, Central Edinburgh Constituency

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

22507

Title

Banner, Central Edinburgh Constituency

Description

Blue silk banner with painted design and a purple cotton fringe. Front: title scroll, CENTRAL EDINBURGH CONSTITUENCY LABOUR PARTY in gold letters; in centre, figure of MOTHERHOOD with raised arms and the figures of 5 babies in a halo, in front, figures of SCIENCE, ART and LABOUR; 21 blue and gold circles with the names of countries AMERICA, GERMANY, ITALY, BRITAIN,
INDIA, IRELAND, FRANCE, ALSACE LORR., JAPAN., RUSSIA, EGYPT; HOLLAND,
TURKEY, AUSTRIA, SPAIN, BELGIUM, CANADA, CHINA, AUSTRIA, AFRICA, NEW ZEALAND. Figure of Death on the left, with a skull and a scythe standing the words, LUST OF POWER, PATRIOTISM, MILITARISM,
CAPITALISM, GREED; figure of Old Father
Time on the right, holding a scythe, standing on the words, MONARCHY,
NATIONALITY, STATE, CLANS; flaming torch on shield in centre.

Artist / maker

Oswald, Tom

Date

1925

Size

H335cm x W157cm

Type

Banner

Location

The People's Story

Accession number

HH4640/2/87