Poster; Seeing it through - station woman, by Eric Henri Kennington, 1944

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Reference number	1983/4/5687
Description	'Seeing it Through' was a series of posters commissioned by London Transport in 1944. They commemorate the everyday acts of heroism made by civilian workers during the Second World War. For this poster, Eric Henri Kennington painted a portrait of Elsie Birrell. She worked at Stockwell station and was one of the first women porters to be recruited in 1940. The poem that accompanied the image was by the British author Alan Patrick Herbert.
Artist	Eric Henri Kennington
Dates	1944
Collection	Posters
Object type	Poster
Print code	144-119 S-1500 42625
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Underground Women Women Propaganda Poems A P Herbert Staff Second World War War work Propaganda Tube
Completeness	90% 90% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	815mm
  Width	555mm

  Colour

  Attribute	Value
  Colour	Black Brown

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Object title	Seeing it through; station woman
  Text	SEEING IT THROUGH Thank you Mrs. Porter, For a good job stoutly done Your voice is clear, and the Hun can hear When you cry "South Kensington" The world must hurry homeward, The soldier on his way, And the wheels whizz round on the Underground At the voice of the girls in grey. And though the skies are noisy How calm the voices are - "Upminster train! That man again! Pass farther down the car!" A. P. Herbert

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Medium	lithograph

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Artist	Eric Henri Kennington, 1944
  Printer	The Baynard Press,
  Publisher	London Transport, 1944

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  Borough	Greater London,