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Description

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 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
ARTV00862
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
South Australian Government
Printer
A Vaughan Government Photolithographer
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
sheet: 77.7 cm x 52 cm
Overall: 73 cm x 44.4 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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