The veteran's farewell Accession Number: ARTV04894

Description

A British recruiting poster depicting a Chelsea pensioner, in uniform, shaking the hand of a young soldier in uniform while enlistees march behind an officer in the background. The poster is accompanied by the text "Good Bye, lad. I only wish I were young enough to go with you! ENLIST NOW!". This form of propaganda was highly effective as it instilled a sense of pride in the younger men for enlisting in the British Army.

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Accession Number
ARTV04894
Artist
Frank Dadd
Printer
Straker Brothers Ltd
Publisher
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: photolithograph
Measurement
Overall
Medium
photolithograph
Date Made
1914
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by W Gordon Sprigg 1937 (File 12/5/318)
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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