Follow me! Your country needs you / Elk ; Printed by Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A. Ltd.), Grafton Works, London, N. – Antique Wall Art
![Follow me! Your country needs you / Elk ; Printed by Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A. Ltd.), Grafton Works, London, N., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1914] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2a/2a08820238ff-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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A window into the past: Follow me! Your country needs you / Elk ; Printed by Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A. Ltd.), Grafton Works, London, N., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Follow me! Your country needs you / Elk ; Printed by Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A. Ltd.), Grafton Works, London, N.
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Follow me! Your country needs you" speaks to the viewer in the first person, turning the poster into a direct summons rather than a simple portrait. Issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee and dated to 1914, it belongs to the early wave of British recruiting campaigns that followed the outbreak of war in August of that year, when the new army needed volunteers in large numbers. The color lithograph was printed in London by Hill, Siffken & Co., and is catalogued as poster number 11 in its series. Posters like this were pasted on hoardings, station walls and public buildings, where they reached men on their way to work.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1914] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 73 x 49 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster no. 11. W. 8105 25 M. 11/14. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--England--1910-1920. Soldiers--British--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,980 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1368_Follow_me_Your_country_1914 |
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