Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.279
Object Name
Postcard
Title
Maggie Regina by Peter Kennard
Date
1979
Description
Postcard image of Margaret Thatcher as Queen Victoria. This is Peter Kennardâs version of Margaret Thatcher as Queen Victoria. Peter Kennard is a London-born and based photomontage artist and Professor of Political Art at the Royal College of Art. Seeking to reflect his involvement in the anti-Vietnam War movement, he turned from painting to photomontage to better address his political views. There is a Leeds postcards logo - Leeds Postcards was founded in 1979, with the intention of using postcards âas a political tool and agent for changeâ.
They quickly became well-known, producing some iconic work with activist groups such as the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (MCANW) and CND branches across the country, and artists including Peter Kennard and Steve Bell. They are still publishing postcards today.
Throughout the 1980s, Leeds Postcards published a number of cards satirising the threat of nuclear war, and celebrating the movement against the bomb.
