Place | Europe: United Kingdom |
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Accession Number | ARTV00450 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 98.2 x 60.3 cm |
Object type | Poster |
Physical description | chromolithograph on paper |
Maker |
Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Roberts & Leete |
Place made | United Kingdom |
Date made | 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
An appeal to you
Description
British First World War poster issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. A British soldier beckons the viewer to enlist with his left hand, and holds his rifle with fixed bayonet in the right. Behind him the silhouettes of marching infantrymen and officers on horseback move from right to left. This poster was re appropriated in Australia for a recruitment campaign, entitled 'Come' (ARTV01122). The Australian poster is essentially the same, excepting the soldier's uniform, which has been altered from a British one to an Australian one.