An appeal to you Accession Number: ARTV00450

Description

British First World War poster issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. A British soldier beckons the viewer to enlist with his left hand, and holds his rifle with fixed bayonet in the right. Behind him the silhouettes of marching infantrymen and officers on horseback move from right to left. This poster was re appropriated in Australia for a recruitment campaign, entitled 'Come' (ARTV01122). The Australian poster is essentially the same, excepting the soldier's uniform, which has been altered from a British one to an Australian one.

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Accession Number
ARTV00450
Artist
Unknown
Printer
Roberts & Leete
Publisher
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Overall: 98.2 cm x 60.3 cm
Medium
chromolithograph on paper
Date Made
1914-1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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