Enlist to-day. He's happy & satisfied. Are you? / O.R. ; printed by Turner & Dunnett, London & Liverpool. – Vintage Wall Art
![Enlist to-day. He's happy & satisfied. Are you? / O.R. ; printed by Turner & Dunnett, London & Liverpool., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c5/c50bc43c8b4c-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: Enlist to-day. He's happy & satisfied. Are you? / O.R. ; printed by Turner & Dunnett, London & Liverpool., preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Enlist to-day. He's happy & satisfied. Are you? / O.R. ; printed by Turner & Dunnett, London & Liverpool.
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Its message is framed as a question: a contented soldier, the line "He's happy & satisfied," and then the challenge "Are you?" aimed straight at the viewer. Issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in London, it is numbered 96 in that body's poster series and was printed in color by Turner & Dunnett of London and Liverpool. The committee was set up in 1915, when Britain still relied on volunteers and conscription had not yet begun in 1916, so posters like this one worked to persuade men to enlist. It is worth noticing how the poster sells military service as satisfaction rather than danger, a tone many recruiting posters of the period adopted.
| 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. 96. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Soldiers--British--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,182 × 5,163 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224117 |
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