Do something" for the horses - help the Blue Cross Fund" – Antique Wall Art
![Do something" for the horses - help the Blue Cross Fund", [S.l. : s.n., 1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/45/4502e9850551-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 Do something" for the horses - help the Blue Cross Fund". Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Rather than showing a scene, this color lithograph is nearly all text, a plea that asks readers to picture the battlefield and then turns attention from the soldiers to the horses that carried them into it. Its central argument is that horses could not choose to fight or feel patriotic duty, so their fate rested entirely on human decisions. Issued in London in 1915, it appealed for donations to the Blue Cross Fund, a charity that raised money to care for sick and wounded horses serving with the British army. The poster's direct wording reflects the many fundraising and recruitment notices that circulated in Britain during the war.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 26 x 77 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Text continues: When we think of the horrors of war - when there rises before the mind the awful panorama of the battlefield - the men are not the only pathetic figures. An equal demand has been made on those noble animals who, when guided by a rider's hand, will face the cannon's mouth! They have to fight and suffer together, but there is this difference - the horses are not free agents - they have no exhortations of patriotic duty, no visions of glory and promotion. Title from item. |
| Subjects | Blue Cross Fund.--London. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--England--1910-1920. Horses--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,021 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 317_Do_something_for_the_ho_1915 |
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![Oxfordshire [Red Cross] day, Saturday, June 5, for the British Red Cross Society to help our sick and wounded / Hall the Printer Ltd., 3a Queen Street, Oxford. 1915.](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/61/617a4c0dd451-400.webp)
