What will your answer be when your boy asks you... Enlist now Accession Number: ARTV00417

Description

British recruitment poster depicting a scout asking his father whether he will fight in the First World War. A young boy scout is depicted in silhouette, confronting a silhouetted adult who is scratching his head. It is possible that this work is by Harry Oakley, the British silhouette artist, who produced several designs for British recruiting posters, also printed by Chorley & Pickersgill, during the First World War.

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Accession Number
ARTV00417
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Printer
Chorley & Pickersgill
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: lithograph on paper
Measurement
Overall: 49.6 cm x 76 cm
Medium
Chromolithograph on paper
Date Made
c. 1914-1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Transferred from the AWM Research Centre 1979
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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