Are you in this? / RBP ; Printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E. – Antique Print
![Are you in this? / RBP ; Printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/09/09bab4010f98-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Are you in this? / RBP ; Printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Are you in this? / RBP ; Printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.
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Are you in this?" puts its question directly to the viewer, a pitch typical of the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, which ran Britain's voluntary enlistment campaign. The record credits the design to Lt. Gen. Sir R.S.S. Baden-Powell, the soldier best known as founder of the Boy Scout movement, and lists it as Poster No. 112, printed in London by Johnson, Riddle & Co. around 1917. By then conscription had been in force for about a year, but the government still sought volunteers, and posters like this tried to make enlistment and war work feel like a personal choice for each man and for the people around him.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Designed by Lt. Gen. Sir R.S.S. Baden Powell. Poster No. 112. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. War work--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,019 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1242_Are_you_in_this_RBP_1917 |
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