Is your home here? Defend it! / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd. London. – Historic Print
![Is your home here? Defend it! / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd. London., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/58/587270772097-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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Is your home here? Defend it! / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd. London. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Is your home here? Defend it! / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd. London.
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The poster asks a blunt question, "Is your home here?", above a map, and its answer is to "Defend it!" Its map format sets it apart from many recruiting posters of the period that relied on portraits or scenes of combat. Printed in color by Roberts & Leete in London and issued in 1915 by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, it belongs to the drive for voluntary enlistment during the early years of the First World War, when Britain was still raising its huge citizen army without conscription. The poster ties the abstract stakes of the war to the ground under a viewer's feet, which was a common appeal of the time.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 99 x 61 cm. |
| Genre | Maps British 1910-1920.War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. Poster no. 126. WT 7897/559. |
| Subjects | Great Britain.--Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,048 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1036_Is_your_home_here_Defen_1915 |
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