The only road for an Englishman Through darkness to light. Through fighting to triumph. – Antique Wall Art
(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 The only road for an Englishman Through darkness to light. Through fighting to triumph., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The only road for an Englishman Through darkness to light. Through fighting to triumph.
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Its title sets the terms: an Englishman's only road runs through darkness and fighting toward triumph, a phrase that presents enlisting as the way out of ruin. The subjects attached to this 1915 color lithograph pair recruiting with war damage and ruins in England, a link that reflected real fear that year, when German warships shelled coastal towns such as Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby and Zeppelins began bombing English targets. Posters like this one belonged to Britain's voluntary recruiting drive, which ran before conscription was introduced in 1916. It is worth noticing how the message asks viewers to connect the fighting overseas with the destruction at home.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 102 x 64 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Deutsche Waffenstillstands-Kommission funder/sponsor.Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. World War 1914-1918--Destruction & pillage--Great Britain. War damage--England--1910-1920. Ruins--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 970 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1582_The_only_road_for_an_En_1915 |
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