The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
British recruiting poster in the style of British silhouette artist Harry Oakley, who produced poster designs for the war effort. This image is based on a poster called 'Boys come over here, you're wanted', which was also created in 1915. The orginal used a technique that was sophisticated at the time, superimposing a photograph onto a drawing; it had more detailed maps of Britain and France behind a photograph of a young soldier. This version turns the soldier into a black silhouette, and France and England into yellow silhouettes. The title occupies the right side of the poster, running from the top right corner to the bottom right corner, and is printed in black ink.
Depicts two soldiers in silhouette stealthily climbing a hill, bayonets raised. The black silhouettes contrast against the yellow background, and also with the white text, which stands old boldly agai
Australian recruiting poster adapted from an earlier British recruitment poster. Depicts an Australian serviceman, uniform and armed gazing into the distance. The soldier occupies the foreground, and
British recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. Depicts a British artillery crew training a large gun onto a plane that is flying overhead. The illustration, which occu
Depicts a black silhouette of an infantryman holding his rifle, posing against a yellow background, in the style of British silhouette artist Harry Oakley, who produced posters for the war effort. Br
Depicts a cheerful British infantry soldier with his rifle slung across his soldier, and a pipe in his mouth. His comfortable and relaxed attitude reflects the accompanying text, which reads, '"The m
South Australian recruiting poster, based upon a British recruitment poster. It depicts a young boy scout in silhouette, confronting an adult who is scratching his head. It is possible that this work