Equal Pay
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1976
"Equal Pay" is a British women's liberation poster produced in 1976 by The Poster Collective. The vertical design is executed as a screenprint in black and red ink on card. It measures 788 mm in height and 533 mm in width.
The visual composition incorporates photographic imagery featuring striking women from the Trico factory strike in London. Printed across a prominent picket sign within the central crowd scene is the inscription "EQUAL PAY". The layout alternates high-contrast, black-and-white photographic scenes with red ground areas bearing printed textual statements calling for equal pay.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
The poster was issued during the 1976 strike by women workers at the Trico factory in London protesting the gender pay gap and demanding equal pay for women.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Screenprint in black and red
- Dimensions
- Height (sheet): 788 mm; Width (sheet): 533 mm
Technical characteristics
- Inscriptions
- Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: printed on picket sign, within image; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: EQUAL PAY; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required
- Maker recorded
- The Poster Collective
- Place recorded
- United Kingdom
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Equal Pay
- Museum object number
- E.649-2004
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.