Surely you will fight for your [portrait of King George V] and [map of Great Britain]. Come along, boys, before it is too late / printed by Jas. Truscott & Son, Ltd., Suffolk Lane, London, E.C. – Antique Wall Map
![Surely you will fight for your [portrait of King George V] and [map of Great Britain]. Come along, boys, before it is too late / printed by Jas. Truscott & Son, Ltd., Suffolk Lane, London, E.C., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fa/fa25ab57e9ff-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Surely you will fight for your [portrait of King George V] and [map of Great Britain]. Come along, boys, before it is too late / printed by Jas. Truscott & Son, Ltd., Suffolk Lane, London, E.C.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Surely you will fight for your [portrait of King George V] and [map of Great Britain]. Come along, boys, before it is too late / printed by Jas. Truscott & Son, Ltd., Suffolk Lane, London, E.C.
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This poster sets its message as a picture puzzle: the phrase "fight for your" is completed by a portrait of King George V and a map of Great Britain, which together read as "King and Country." The rebus format was meant to catch the eye and make a recruiting appeal feel personal and familiar. It was issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in London in 1915, when Britain relied on volunteers to fill the army and the government was still hoping men would enlist before conscription became law in 1916. The closing line, "before it is too late," shows the urgency the committee wanted to convey.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph with halftone, color ; 74 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | Rebuses 1910-1920.War posters British 1910-1920.Offset lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster no. 83. Title from item. |
| Subjects | George--V,--King of Great Britain,--1865-1936. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Maps--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,165 × 5,163 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1021_Surely_you_will_fight_f_1915 |
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