Can you any longer resist the call? / M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, Ltd., Dublin & Belfast. – Vintage Print
![Can you any longer resist the call? / M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, Ltd., Dublin & Belfast., [S.l.] : Department of Recruiting for Ireland, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e5/e5b06d6c2a3c-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 Can you any longer resist the call? / M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, Ltd., Dublin & Belfast., 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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Can you any longer resist the call? / M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, Ltd., Dublin & Belfast.
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Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint, is what sets this poster apart from the many recruiting images of the First World War. Here he appears as a vision to a plowman at work in the field, and the caption asks whether the viewer can "any longer resist the call." The chromolithograph was printed by M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, a firm with offices in Dublin and Belfast, and issued by the Department of Recruiting for Ireland in 1915. Pairing a national saint with a rural scene was a deliberate appeal to Irish audiences, whom British authorities hoped to draw into the army during the war.
| Created / published | [S.l.] : Department of Recruiting for Ireland, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 75 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters Irish 1910-1920.Chromolithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. Wt. 6211-12000. |
| Subjects | Patrick,--Saint,--373?-463?--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Ireland--1910-1920. Saints--Irish--1910-1920. Plowing--1910-1920. Hallucinations & illusions--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,041 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224188 |
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