Pat Keely

{{Short description|British graphic artist}}

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File:INF3-136 War Effort We beat 'em before. We will beat 'em again (infantryman and machine gunner attacking) Artist Pat Keely.jpg

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Patrick Cokayne Keely"G.B. Scout Stamp Designers" in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Vol. 31, No. 1, p. 2. (1901–1970){{citation |title=Posters: Identification and Price Guide |first=Tony |last=Fusco |publisher=Avon Books |year=1994 |isbn=9780380770106 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/postersidentific00fusc_0 }} was a British graphic artist known for his Second World War posters for the Ministry of Information along with stylised commercial posters for publishers, the GPO and public transport.{{citation|title=Posters of World War Two |first=Denis |last=Judd |publisher=Wayland |year=1972 |page=153}}{{citation|title=Railway Posters 1923-1947: From the Collection of The National Railway Museum, York |first=Beverley |last=Cole |first2=Richard |last2=Durack |publisher=Laurence King|year=1992|isbn=9781856690140}}{{citation|title=The Listener|volume=19|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|year=1938}}{{citation|title=The Publisher|volume=169 Part 1|publisher=Publishers' Association, Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland|year=1955|page=633}}

Keely also designed the British 4d World Scout Jubilee Jamboree stamp of 1957 and the 1s3d stamp from the 1958 Sixth British Empire and Commonwealth Games Cardiff set.

Background

Keely was born in Nottingham. He was mostly self-taught.{{Cite web|url=https://flashbak.com/the-glorious-ww2-posters-of-patrick-cokayne-keely-366874/|title=The Glorious WW2 Posters of Patrick Cokayne Keely|website=Flashbak|first=Rob|last=Baker|date=21 October 2016|accessdate=7 April 2024}}

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