He did his duty. Will you do yours? / Bassano, Bond St. W. ; Printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E. – Historic Reproduction
![He did his duty. Will you do yours? / Bassano, Bond St. W. ; Printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1916] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7f/7ffd320c1170-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 He did his duty. Will you do yours? / Bassano, Bond St. W. ; 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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He did his duty. Will you do yours? / Bassano, Bond St. W. ; Printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.
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The poster is built around a studio portrait of Horatio Herbert Kitchener, the field marshal and Secretary of State for War, with the line "He did his duty. Will you do yours?" beneath it. The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee issued it in London in 1916 as poster number 20 in its series, when the government still leaned heavily on voluntary enlistment. Kitchener had died at sea in June 1916, when HMS Hampshire struck a mine off Orkney, so the poster turned his recent death and national reputation into a direct appeal to men at home.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1916] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster no. 20. Title from item. |
| Subjects | Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener,--Earl,--1850-1916--Military service. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,957 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224092 |
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