Britain needs you at once / printed by Spottiswoode Co. Ltd. London E.C. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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This vintage poster of Britain needs you at once / printed by Spottiswoode Co. Ltd. London E.C. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Britain needs you at once / printed by Spottiswoode Co. Ltd. London E.C.
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Here the recruiting appeal is carried by Saint George, the Roman-era martyr who became England's patron saint, shown with a dragon instead of a human enemy. Printed in London in 1915, when Britain still relied on volunteers before conditional conscription began in 1916, the color lithograph urges men to enlist at once. Its legendary framing presented the war as a moral struggle against a monstrous foe, a tactic common in the period's posters. The Library of Congress holds it as poster no. 108, with a provenance tracing to a German archive of contemporary history and publishing.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Notes | Poster no. 108. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | George Saint d. 303. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Dragons--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,020 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 726_Britain_needs_you_at_on_1915 |
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