Forward! Forward to victory. Enlist now / L.K.W. ; printed by David Allen & Sons, Ltd., Harrow, Middlesex. – Antique Print
![Forward! Forward to victory. Enlist now / L.K.W. ; printed by David Allen & Sons, Ltd., Harrow, Middlesex., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2b/2be387d14465-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Forward! Forward to victory. Enlist now / L.K.W. ; printed by David Allen & Sons, Ltd., Harrow, Middlesex.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Forward! Forward to victory. Enlist now / L.K.W. ; printed by David Allen & Sons, Ltd., Harrow, Middlesex.
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Here the call to action is delivered through the cavalry and its horses, a mounted arm the poster presents as a dash toward victory. Its slogan, "Forward! Forward to victory. Enlist now," was issued in 1915 by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, a body set up that year to boost voluntary enlistment in Britain after the early volunteer surge had slowed. The printer, David Allen & Sons of Harrow, produced many of the recruiting posters of the period. Its series numbering and color lithography reflect the mass production that made such images a common sight on British streets during the First World War.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 49 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster no. 133. Wt. W9488/586 25m. - 9/15. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain--1910-1920. Cavalry--British--1910-1920. Horses--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,148 × 5,163 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224235 |
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