Daddy, what did you do in the great war? / designed and printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E. – Antique Wall Art
![Daddy, what did you do in the great war? / designed and printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7f/7fd6888ee73b-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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Step back in time with Daddy, what did you do in the great war? / designed and printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Daddy, what did you do in the great war? / designed and printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.
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This lithograph asks its question through a child's voice, with toy soldiers as the subject, so the viewer is pictured as the father who must answer. It was issued in 1915 by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, a body set up to encourage voluntary enlistment in Britain before conscription began in 1916. The poster is numbered 79 in its series and was printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co. of London. Its appeal rests on the imagined future: a father's answer to his child would be shaped by whether he had enlisted.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster no. 79. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Fathers & children--Great Britain--1910-1920. Toy soldiers--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,131 × 5,163 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 880_Daddy_what_did_you_do_i_1915 |
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