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Collection StructurePoster collection
> 18th century prophecy. The time will come, when thou shalt life thine eyes to watch a long-drawn battle in the skies, while aged peasants, too amazed for words, stare at the flying fleets of wound'rous birds ... (Translated from Gray's 'Luna Habitabilis', Cambridge 1737). Make it come true. Just two hundred years ago this remarkable vision of the war in the air was written down in Latin verse by the great English poet ... Save regularly week by week ...
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18th century prophecy. The time will come, when thou shalt life thine eyes to watch a long-drawn battle in the skies, while aged peasants, too amazed for words, stare at the flying fleets of wound'rous birds ... (Translated from Gray's 'Luna Habitabilis', Cambridge 1737). Make it come true. Just two hundred years ago this remarkable vision of the war in the air was written down in Latin verse by the great English poet ... Save regularly week by week ...
Collection TitlePoster collection
Issuing Body
Great Britain. National Savings Committee
Date Created1939/1945?
Description
Drawing of people in 18th century clothing, stand and look in wonder at airplanes flying overhead.
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Country of Origin
Country of OriginGreat Britain
DimensionsOverall: 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)
FormatPoster
Medium
political posters
Color
black and white
Hoover IDPoster UK 2408
Record NumberXX343.18753
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
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