Lend your strong right arm to your country. Enlist now / H. & C. Graham Ltd., London, S.E. – Vintage Print
![Lend your strong right arm to your country. Enlist now / H. & C. Graham Ltd., London, S.E., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/33/33e40c403518-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 Lend your strong right arm to your country. Enlist now / H. & C. Graham Ltd., London, S.E., a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Lend your strong right arm to your country. Enlist now / H. & C. Graham Ltd., London, S.E.
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Under the slogan "Lend your strong right arm to your country," this long, narrow color lithograph puts a muscular arm and clenched fist front and center, a direct appeal to the viewer's sense of strength and duty. It was printed in London for the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, a body set up in 1915 to encourage men to volunteer for the army. Britain had relied on volunteers until conscription began in 1916, so posters like this one, issued in series and numbered (this is no. 26), were a major part of the effort to fill the ranks. Its blunt, almost physical imagery was typical of the period's wartime recruiting art.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 23 x 64 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster no. 26. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--England--1910-1920. Arms (Anatomy)--1910-1920. Fists--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,047 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 206_Lend_your_strong_right_1915 |
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