War loan. Back the empire with your savings. Invest now / Printers, Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, Limited, London. – Historic Print
![War loan. Back the empire with your savings. Invest now / Printers, Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, Limited, London., London : Parliamentary War Savings Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e4/e49470cae327-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 War loan. Back the empire with your savings. Invest now / Printers, Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, Limited, London. in remarkable 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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War loan. Back the empire with your savings. Invest now / Printers, Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, Limited, London.
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Poster no. 21 in its series shows a lion, a long-standing British emblem of strength, urging viewers to back the empire with their savings. Printed by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons in London and issued by the Parliamentary War Savings Committee, this color lithograph is dated 1915. It belongs to a wider effort to persuade ordinary households to lend money to the government instead of spending it. Britain paid for much of the First World War through borrowing, and campaigns like this one turned the cost of the conflict into a civilian duty. The bold color and direct slogan show how these posters tried to make investing feel patriotic.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary War Savings Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 75 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster no. 21. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--England--1910-1920. Lions--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,988 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1171_War_loan_Back_the_empir_1915 |
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