Britain is fighting for the freedom of Europe and to defend your mothers, wives, and sisters from the horrors of war. Enlist now / Printed by Straker Brothers Ltd., 194-200 Bishopsgate, London E.C. – Vintage Wall Art
![Britain is fighting for the freedom of Europe and to defend your mothers, wives, and sisters from the horrors of war. Enlist now / Printed by Straker Brothers Ltd., 194-200 Bishopsgate, London E.C., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7a/7a8fa876ade9-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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A window into the past: Britain is fighting for the freedom of Europe and to defend your mothers, wives, and sisters from the horrors of war. Enlist now / Printed by Straker Brothers Ltd., 194-200 Bishopsgate, London E.C., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Britain is fighting for the freedom of Europe and to defend your mothers, wives, and sisters from the horrors of war. Enlist now / Printed by Straker Brothers Ltd., 194-200 Bishopsgate, London E.C.
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Many recruiting posters of 1915 leaned on dramatic images, but this one, numbered 49 in its series, relies on words alone: a block of text with no soldier, flag or illustration. The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee issued posters like it in the early years of the war, when Britain still depended on volunteers, since conscription did not arrive until 1916. The appeal rests on protecting the women at home, the mothers, wives and sisters whose safety it presents as the stake in the fight. The color lithograph was printed by Straker Brothers in London.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 25 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Poster no. 49. Wt. W 10844 / 3/15. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,016 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224112 |
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