Each recruit brings peace nearer Accession Number: ARTV03939

Description

Depicts a dark blue night-time cityscape, with a bright searchlight creating a beam of light from the left to the right of the image; the titled is printed in red ink within the beam of light. Flags of the Allied nations are placed to the left and the right of the image: to the left is the British red ensign, the French tricolors, and the Serbian flag. On the right is the Japanese, Belgian, and Russian Imperial flag. The printer's details are inscribed in the lower right corner in blue ink, and the publisher is printed in the lower left corner in blue ink.

Details

Accession Number
ARTV03939
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Printer
Andrew Reid and Co
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
sheet: 12.4 x 75.6 cm
Medium
chromolithograph on paper
Date Made
1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated 1937
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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