It is nice in the surf but what about the men in the trenches. Go and help / D.H. Souter. – 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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It is nice in the surf but what about the men in the trenches. Go and help / D.H. Souter.
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Swimmers in the surf, set against men in the trenches, is what separates this Australian recruiting poster from others of its time. Its title asks the question directly: it is nice in the surf, but what about the men in the trenches? Printed in Sydney in 1917 by William Brooks & Co., the color lithograph belongs to the wartime effort to bring men into the Australian forces, when enlistment was voluntary and appeals like this one tried to turn easy comfort into a sense of duty. Artist D.H. Souter pits the beach against the battlefield, asking the viewer to weigh one against the other.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 77x 51 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Australia. Swimming--Australia--1910-1920. Emblems--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,731 × 5,775 px · prints to 16 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 770_It_is_nice_in_the_surf_1917 |
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