Stand not upon the order of your going... Accession Number: ARTV00421

Description

British First World War enlistment poster. The poster quotes Shakespeare's Macbeth. By the second year of what had been planned as a short war, the British Army was desperate for recruits. This is one of many patriotic enlistment posters produced during the war.

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Accession Number
ARTV00421
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Printer
Bemrose and Sons
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Overall: 75 cm x 50 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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