The call to duty: join the Army: for home and country Accession Number: ARTV06147

Description

First World War recruitment poster issued by the Recruiting Committee of the Mayor of New York's Committee on National Defence. It features a depiction of a bugler based on a sculpture by Italian artist Edoardo Cammilli. The bugler is facing the viewer on the right side in front of the Stars and Stripes. The title and message text printed in red, white and blue runs from the upper left to the lower centre. Both the image and text are set against a sky blue and yellow background framed with a black border. Cammilli's sculpture was also reproduced in another version of this poster.

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Accession Number
ARTV06147
Artist
after Edoardo Cammilli
Printer
American Lithographic Company
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
sheet: 101 x 76.2 cm
Overall: 103.6 cm x 79 cm
Medium
lithograph on paper
Date Made
c.1917
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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