Better than the V.C. [i.e. Victoria Cross] / Harry Furniss. – Vintage Wall Art
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(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 Better than the V.C. [i.e. Victoria Cross] / Harry Furniss.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Better than the V.C. [i.e. Victoria Cross] / Harry Furniss.
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Harry Furniss's 1918 color lithograph poster, *Better than the V.C.*, weighs Britain's highest award for gallantry against something its title calls more valuable. Furniss was a well-known British caricaturist and illustrator whose work appeared in *Punch*, and the poster's subjects point to a wartime focus on families and homecomings. By 1918, many households in England were living with the war's losses and separations, and posters like this one encouraged viewers to honor ordinary reunion as much as public valor. It offers a useful view of how the war was discussed on the home front.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 75 x 50 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. 35793 528 2000 12/18 W.G. S. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Social aspects--Great Britain. Victoria Cross--1910-1920. Military decorations--1910-1920. Families--England--1910-1920. Homecomings--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,014 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 688_Better_than_the_VC_ie_V_1918 |
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