Lord Kitchener says: Enlist to-day / photo Bassano ; printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Middlesex. – Antique Photo Print
![Lord Kitchener says: Enlist to-day / photo Bassano ; printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Middlesex., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1a/1a35488ab33c-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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Step back in time with Lord Kitchener says: Enlist to-day / photo Bassano ; printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Middlesex., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Lord Kitchener says: Enlist to-day / photo Bassano ; printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Middlesex.
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Unlike the better-known pointing-finger design, this poster uses a studio portrait of Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, taken by the London photographers Bassano, with a short command beneath it: "Enlist to-day." Kitchener had been Secretary of State for War since August 1914, and his face was among the most recognizable in Britain as the country built a volunteer army. The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee issued this series in 1915, and the printer, David Allen & Sons of Harrow, produced it in color lithograph and halftone. Kitchener's authority lent the appeal its weight, and he died in 1916 when HMS Hampshire struck a mine off Orkney.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph and halftone photomechanical print, color ; 50 x 75 cm. |
| Genre | July 9th 1915. W.6896. 60M - 7/15. Poster no. 113. Title from item." |
| Notes | Men |
| Subjects | Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener,--Earl,--1850-1916--Quotations. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,141 × 4,114 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224223 |
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