Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War? Accession Number: ARTV00093

Description

Depicts a father sitting in an armchair with a look of concern across his face. His son plays with toys soldiers below him on the carpet; while his daughter sits on his knee, pointing to a page in her book, with a questioning look she glances at her father. Arguably the most remembered British First World War recruiting poster. It was recorded as a favourite with many soldiers, who displayed it, complete with appropriate answers, on the walls of their dugouts. Australia had its equivalent - Harry J Weston's poster incorporated a woman before a tattered Australian flag 'Were YOU there then?'

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Accession Number
ARTV00093
Publisher
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Printer
Johnson, Riddle and Company
Artist
Savile Lumley
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: poster
Measurement
sheet: 75.5 cm x 51 cm
Medium
chromolithograph on paper
Date Made
1915
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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