Christmas Fare from the Empire - Cooking a Turkey

Frederick Clifford Harrison 1901 - 1984

Summary

A woman turns from a table covered in meats and other foods to put a turkey in the oven. In the background are pale outlines of the cooker and kitchen surfaces. This poster is from a series of five Empire Marketing Board posters on the theme of 'Christmas Fair from the Empire' (the series title). The other two posters from this series in the collection are 1935.733 and 1935.734. It is one of 222 Empire Marketing Board posters gifted to the Industrial Art Collection at Manchester Art Gallery by the Empire Marketing Board (EMB) in 1935. The EMB was established in May 1926 by the Conservative party politician Colonial Secretary Leo Amery. It was a key response to growing concern about the long-term prospects of the British economy. A distinctive feature of the EMB's work was its poster campaigns which were displayed in specially designed frames located outdoors in towns and cities throughout the UK. Five posters were shown in sequence conceived as a single linked concept. The poster campaigns were established to promote trade within the British Empire by persuading British customers to 'Buy Empire'.