Stand not upon the order of your going, but go at once. Shakespeare, Macbeth 3-4. Enlist now / printed by Bemrose & Sons Ltd., London and Derby. – Vintage Print
![Stand not upon the order of your going, but go at once. Shakespeare, Macbeth 3-4. Enlist now / printed by Bemrose & Sons Ltd., London and Derby., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c5/c50a6264ff75-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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This rare vintage poster captures Stand not upon the order of your going, but go at once. Shakespeare, Macbeth 3-4. Enlist now / printed by Bemrose & Sons Ltd., London and Derby. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Stand not upon the order of your going, but go at once. Shakespeare, Macbeth 3-4. Enlist now / printed by Bemrose & Sons Ltd., London and Derby.
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This poster stands out for having no picture at all. Its only content is a line from Shakespeare's *Macbeth*, "Stand not upon the order of your going, but go at once," above the words "Enlist now." Bemrose & Sons, a printing firm with works in Derby and London, produced it for the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, which was formed in Britain in 1915 to encourage men to volunteer for the army. Britain relied on voluntary enlistment until conscription was introduced in 1916, so posters like this one were a central tool of recruitment. The record gives the date only in brackets, so 1915 is an estimate, but it fits the period when the committee's campaigns were at their height.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 75 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Poster no. 52. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,160 × 5,158 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1666_Stand_not_upon_the_orde_1915 |
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