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A chain gang, convicts going to work near Sydney, New South Wales; plate from A Narrative of a visit to the Australian colonies by James Backhouse, 1843
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Maker: after Edward Backhouse
A chain gang of convicts being escorted to work by armed soldiers of the British Army, an overseer (civilian) leads the way.ART19846
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Action at Te Ranga
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Maker: Atcherley, Henry Mount Langton
British troops attacking a Maori position at Te Ranga near Gate Pah, with Mount Edgcumbe on the horizon behind at left. Two 12-pound Armstrong guns are firing at the Maori position, and more troops, h...ART19817
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A general group
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Maker: Ward, Leslie 'Supplement to Vanity Fair', 29 November 1900
This image was published as a full-colour supplement to British "Vanity Fair" magazine on the 29th of November 1900. It features several of the leading British figures serving in the Boer War, includi...ART50107
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A Map of the British Army with Battle Honours and Military Achievements
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Maker: Belfast Ulster Savings Committee Edinburgh Scottish War Savings Committee London National Savings Committee Field Sons and Co. Ltd.
Issued by the National Savings Committees of England, Scotland and Northern Island this poster is a map of the United Kingdom with inset vignettes of the different local regiments with their battle ho...ARTV02115
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An appeal to you
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Roberts & Leete
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...ARTV00450
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And now!
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Maker: Uptton, Clive Ministry of Supply Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster number 167 poster depicting a British soldier advancing past the bodies of German soldiers towards Japanese soldiers, the horizon is obscured by a Japanese flag (under the 'Beat Hitler...ARTV00049
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An incident on the Burma railway
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Reconstruction of a scene witnessed by Colonel Dillon of the British Army, of the bashing of two British and one Australian prisoners of war by Japanese on the Burma-Thailand railway. Griffin original...ART26525
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Appeal to women: make every penny do the work of two...
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary War Savings Committee David Allen & Sons Ltd
British First World War poster issued by the Parliamentary War Savings Committee (Poster No.5) to promote savings for a War Loan. The title and text are a direct appeal to women encouraging them to do...ARTV00921
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Back them up!
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Maker: Cuneo, Terence Tenison H.M. Stationery Office British Colour Printing
British Second World War propaganda poster part of a campaign issued by the Ministry of Information early in the war to boost morale and strengthen public support for the war effort. The MOI commissio...ARTV02210
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Back them up!: "Ducks" amphibious fighting vehicles used for the first time in the Mediterranean landings
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information and features artwork by Captain Charles E Turner RA. The poster depict...ARTV02207
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Back them up!: The Mediterranean Invasion. British troops, tanks and guns pouring ashore from landing craft
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information. The poster depicts Allied soldiers, tanks, amphibious landing craft, ...ARTV02209
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Battle of the Modder River, November 28, 1899. Methuen's great fight
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Maker: Unknown George Newnes Ltd W H Smith & Son
Depicts the 1899 battle at Modder River Station, where members of the 62nd and 75th Batteries Royal Field Artillery, 9th Lancers, Guards Brigade, Scots Guards, 9th Brigade, 2nd Coldstream Guards, Argy...ART19886
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"Be Honest With Yourself: Be Certain That Your So-Called Reason is not an Excuse"
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Maker: Soutril, V Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Bemrose and Sons
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...ARTV00522
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Brigadier General Clement Smith
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Maker: Quinn, James Peter Quinn, James Peter
James Quinn, former official war artist, was commissioned to paint the portrait of Brigadier General Clement Leslie Smith VC MC. This continued on from a series of portraits in 1918 and 1919 that ackn...ART03353
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Brigadier Hubert Lucas
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Brigadier Hubert Francis Lucas, OBE, in charge of Administration Headquarters.ART26424
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Britain is pledged to smash Japan
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Maker: J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
Propaganda was essential for boosting morale particularly during the tail end of the war. During the final strikes against Japan, British forces operated as an integral part of the American task force...ARTV00169
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Britain needs you at once
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd.
Recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, depicting Saint George mounted on a white charger killing a dragon.ARTV01139
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British Army Exhibition
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster promoting a 'British Army Exhibition'. During the Second World War the Ministry of Information held many exhibitions around Britain to display to the people on the home...ARTV02335
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'British war comforts fund Tel-Aviv: the AIF will hold a surf carnival display'
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Maker: Unknown [TEL-AVIV] : BRITISH WAR COMFORTS FUND, [N.D.]
A British War Comforts Fund poster, featuring both the Australian and Palestinian flags, advertising an AIF surf carnival in Tel-Aviv in which sportsmen from both countries were invited to participate...ARTV05013
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Britons. Join your country's army
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Maker: Leete, Alfred Her Majesty's Stationary Office The Curwen Press, Ltd.
This poster is a 1968 reproduction of one of the most well known British First World War posters and one of the most famous and influential images of war propaganda: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener in hi...ARTV04085
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Buy war bonds now
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Maker: Dangerfield Printing Co Ltd
poster depicting soldiers, carrying rifles with fixed bayonets, going into action, text encourages purchase of war bondsARTV00975
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Captain R.W. Oldnall
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a portrait of an officer Captain R.W.Oldnall, O.C. Reinforcement Camp, Latron. Bareheaded, unidentified insignia in lapel and shoulder, medal ribbons.ART02757
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Captain W M Drower
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Captain W M Drower. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prisoners had di...ART28403.050
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Casualty clearing station, Mersa Matruh
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Scene in an underground casualty clearing station at Mersa Matruh. The clearing station was filled with wounded from forward areas mostly from two Australian battalions, with a few from British units....ART28473
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Comradeship!
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Maker: Bailey, Albert E Haycocks Ltd. Dean Street
Post-First World War; recruitment, encampment; Territorial Army; recruiting poster depicting group of men gathered around a camp fire, tents in backgroundARTV04916
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Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?
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Maker: Lumley, Savile Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd.
Depicts a father sitting in an armchair with a look of concern across his face. His son plays with toys soldiers below him on the carpet, while his daughter sits on his knee, pointing to a page in her...ARTV00433
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Don't stand looking at this
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
British First World War recruitment poster depicts silhouetted soldiers going into action - the text calls for viewers to help them, rather than be content to merely look at the poster. The brown silh...ARTV07427
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Do your bit! Save food.
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd
First World War British food control poster issued by the Ministry of Food (No.54). It features a shoulder-length depiction of a British infantryman, looking directly out of the poster, with his right...ARTV00382
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Evacuation of wounded horses in the battle line
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
A Royal Army Veterinary Corps horse ambulance Mark II, being drawn by two horses, is loaded with two horses wearing rugs. The the second horse is reluctant to enter the ambulance and is being pushed b...ART03313
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Ex-POWs embarking for UK from Celle, Germany
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Maker: Moore, Alan
AIF and British Army POWs arriving at Celle Aerodrome, Germany, for transport to England by Australians flying Douglas C-47 Dakota aircraft. A Douglas aircraft can been seen in background, while in t...ART25728
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Feed the guns with war bonds.
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Maker: Stanley, Sidney Walter G.P. Ltd.
poster depicting soldier with rifle and fixed bayonet in action at the Front, encouraging purchase of war bondsARTV00938
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Field Marshal Lord Roberts
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Maker: Dattilo-Rubbo, Antonio
Field Marshal Lord Roberts (Frederick Sleigh Roberts) PC, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, VC, KG, DCL, LLD, OM was Commander-in-Chief of the British and Australian troops during the Boer War. Australia dispatche...ART50025
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Fight for King and Empire
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Maker: Hanbury, Thomsett & Co Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee early in the war. This is a text based poster. The only image is the insignia of the Royal Charter. The title text is in blue let...ARTV04941
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Forward to victory : Enlist now
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Maker: Kemp-Welch, Lucy Elizabeth David Allen & Sons Ltd
British Parliament Recruiting Committee poster, number 133, depicting a cavalryman charging, his sword pointing forward, while buildings burn in the background. Issued with the simple injunction 'Forw...ARTV00442
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French
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Maker: Chinner, John Henry
Portrait of the British Field marshall John French by South Australian caricaturist and cartoonist J.H Chinner. One of a commemorative set of seven handcoloured caricatures of First World War Military...ART96318
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Front line medical unit
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
The Royal Army Medical Corps administer first aid to Australian AIF and a RAAF airman near the front line. An ambulance is located in trees at top of hill, toward which prisoners of war advance with b...ART26237
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Garden area inside Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men working at firewood stacks, making compost and tending gardens within the Changi camp. This works portrays the organised system the prisoners had established for the smooth running of the camp. Th...ART25053
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Haig
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Maker: Chinner, John Henry
Portrait of the British General Douglas Haig by South Australian caricaturist and cartoonist J.H Chinner. One of a commemorative set of seven handcoloured caricatures of First World War Military leade...ART96322
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Halt!
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Maker: Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Clerkenwell Press Ltd.
recruiting poster, text only, produced for the British Parliamentary Recruiting CommitteeARTV04895
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He Talked They Died
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Maker: Games, Abram Ministry of Home Security Henry Hildesley Ltd
British Second World War cautionary poster by Abram Games warns of the danger of careless talk. The poster depicts a man's head with mouth circled, soldiers lie dead below, a result of the man's carel...ARTV02986
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His first birthday present: £1 for 15/6 savings certificates
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Maker: Thomas, Samuel Herbert National War Savings Committee J Weiner Ltd
Designed by Bert Thomas this First World War poster issued by the National War Savings Committee, aims to encourage the public to purchase saving certificates. This poster is targeting parents, sugges...ARTV00942
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If He Should Fall Is Your Blood There to Save Him?
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Maker: Games, Abram Her Majesty's Stationary Office Field Sons & Co. Ltd
British Second World War poster by Abram Games. The poster appeals for blood donors. Graphic image of a Second World War Soldier's head and helmet. A red tube protuding from the text in the centre and...ARTV02017
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Into action
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Maker: Nunney, Alfred John LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (S.L. : FOSH & CROSS)
This British Second World War poster is one of a series produced to inspire patriotism in citizens through inspirational depictions of military operations. This item has been digitised with funding ...ARTV02219
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Into action
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Maker: Department of Information
This British Second World War poster is one of a series produced to inspire patriotism in citizens through inspirational depictions of military operations. This item has been digitised with funding ...ARTV02217
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Is your home here? Defend it
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Roberts & Leete
British First World War recruitment poster issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. It features a map of the British Isles, coloured green and divided into recruiting areas for each regiment ...ARTV00451
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Join the brave throng that goes marching along
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Maker: Wood, Gerald Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Beck & Inchbold Ltd
Depicts six khaki-clad, smiling British soldiers, with different regimental badges on their caps; these include the Royal Engineers, the Royal Artillery, and the Irish Guards. They occupy the entire ...ARTV00585
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"Keep it under your hat!"
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Maker: Gilroy, John H.M. Stationery Office J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster cautioning against careless talk. In the top quarter of the poster is an image of a British steel helmet, with the title printed underneath and the message appearing in...ARTV01618
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Kitchener's Army
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A figure study of a soldier from Kitchener's Army wearing an ill-fitting oversized uniform and a topee hat several sizes too big. Kitchener's Army, or the New Army, revolutionised the British military...ART03605.020.002
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Lads, you're wanted! Go and help
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Maker: Oakley, Harry Lawrence Parliamentary Recruiting Committee David Allen & Sons Ltd
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...ARTV00586
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Leaders of the Australian Light Horse in Palestine, 1918
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Jordan Valley; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Australian Light Horse Brigades; a group of ten officers, all mounted, in a desert landscape, l-r: Brigadier General George Macleay Macarthur-Onslow, DSO, 5 A...ART09557
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Le dernier clou (The last nail)
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Maker: Jonas, Lucien-Hector
The last nail being hammered into a wooden effigy of General Hindenberg, signifying victory over Germany and the end of the First World War. The four soldiers represented are an Italian, a Frenchman, ...ART92975
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Lend a Hand with War Savings
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office National Savings Committee Chromoworks Ltd
British Second World War poster iss ued by the National Committee for Savings, London, encouraging war savings. The poster depicts a soldier reaching out his hand to the viewer. The text reads 'Lend a...ARTV02065
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Les petits marchands du front (Little pedlars at the front)
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Maker: Laboureur, Jean-Emile
A girl, accompanied by two younger children, is selling merchandise at the front line. Two British soldiers look at the wares in the girl's basket. There is a landscape with a tobacconist's shop, hous...ART92099
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"Let Us Go Forward Together"
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
Second World War British poster depicts a shoulder-length image of the British Prime Minister, Mr (later Sir) Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, MP, with a quotation from his first speech as Prime Min...ARTV02118
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"Let us go forward together"
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
Second World War British poster depicts a shoulder-length image of the British Prime Minister, Mr (later Sir) Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, MP, with a quotation from his first speech as Prime Min...ARTV00202
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"Let Us Go Forward Together" [Arabic version]
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office
Second World War British poster depicts a shoulder-length image of the British Prime Minister, Mr (later Sir) Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, MP, with a quotation from his first speech as Prime Min...ARTV02119
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Libya: Help them finish the job
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Maker: Stone, Marcus Her Majesty's Stationary Office LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (S.L. : FOSH & CROSS)
As an Italian colony from 1911, Libya was of great strategic important during the North African campaign. This battle would result in an Allied victory on 13 May 1943. This British Second World was ...ARTV02205
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Lieutenant General Arthur Percival
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Lieutenant General Arthur Ernest Percival, CB, DSO, OBE, MC, General Officer Commanding of British Commonwealth forces during the Battle of Malaya and Singapore. As commanding officer, Percival signed...ART26420
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Lieutenant General Ernest Squires
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Maker: Dent, Aileen
Lieutenant General Ernest Ker Squires, CB, DSO, MC, Inspector General AMF, (previously Royal Engineers); First World War, Western Front, AfghanistanART28533
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Major General Charles Gordon
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Maker: Unknown Troedel & Co. [Melbourne]
Major General Charles George Gordon, CB, wearing decorated jacket and fezART50014
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Major General Sir Neville Smyth
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Maker: Coates, George
Portrait of Major General (later Sir) Neville Maskelyne Smyth VC, KCB. Commanding 1 Brigade AIF, Commanding 2 Div AIF, Western Front Chelsea; 1st Australian Infantry Brigade, and 2nd Australian Divisi...ART00199
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Major, The Earl of Winterton
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a three quarter portrait of an officer with a light moustache (turned towards the right of the image). Major (Edward Turnour), the Earl of Winterton served in the 9th Imperial Camel Corps of t...ART02735
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Major Thomas Grice
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Maker: Quinn, James Peter
Little is known about this portrait of Major Thomas Grice, which was completed by Australian artist James Quinn. It is likely this portrait was painted posthumously, and based on a photograph from 191...ART19559
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Making sailors: the look-out
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Maker: Brangwyn, Frank Ministry of Information
Depicts a sailor, dressed in an oil-skin foul weather coat, looking out over the guns onto the sea. This work is number 23 from the series of 66 lithographs,'The Great War: Britain's efforts and ideal...ART91703
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Men of the Empire! Rally round the flag...
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Maker: Unknown Publicity Department, Central London Recruiting Depot Andrew Reid and Co
British First World War poster issued by the Publicity Department of the Central London Recruiting Depot. In the upper half is an image of the Allied flags surrounding a union symbol with the Latin mo...ARTV00566
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Men of the Empire - to arms!
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd
British recruiting poster produced early in the war by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. This is a text-based poster employing alternating red and blue text to provide visual interest - the only...ARTV00440
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Mightier yet
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Maker: Pym, Harold A. Greycaines Ltd.
British Second World War poster by Harold Pym. Depicts a British tank with text asserting Britain's increasing military strength. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Go...ARTV02319
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"No, he didn't tell me what his regiment was..." or even his name - he must have been reading those posters.."
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Maker: 517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers 517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers
hospital; poster depicting a young woman in a hospital bed with a new baby, her woman visitor is being told 'he must have been reading those posters' (about guarding against careless talk)ARTV07965
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Pack up your problems in SSAFA
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Maker: Soldiers' Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association Fosh & Cross Ltd.
Second World War poster issued by the Soldiers' Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association promiting the role of their Family Welfare Officers to service personel. One of a number of designs, this ite...ARTV02104
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"Provided factory workers..."
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Supply Unknown
poster features portrait of the British Prime Minister, Mr (later Sir) Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, with a quotation from one of his speeches to the House of Commons, 28 November 1944, expressin...ARTV01797
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Put Strength In The Final Blow: Buy War Bonds
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Maker: Brangwyn, Frank The Avenue Press Ltd.
A First World War British Army poster appealing for people to buy war bonds. It depicts a British soldier attacking and bayonetting a German soldier, while a massed attack goes on in the background. ...ARTV07420
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Rally round the flag...
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Maker: Collett Publicity Department, Central London Recruiting Depot Unknown
Early British First World War recruitment poster issued by the War Office. It is an appeal to the viewers patriotism. The image takes up the whole and is a depiction of a British infantryman holding h...ARTV05143
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Recruits wanted: for His Majesty's foot guards...
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Maker: Armitage & Ibbeton LTD
An 1890'S British poster designed for recruiting foot guards. The poster depicts Irish and Scottish coldstream and grenadier guards, it outlines height restrictions and the advantages of joining the a...ARTV08967
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Red Cross barges
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts hospital barges on a canal, which were manned by British Army Medical Corps orderlies and Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service nurses (QAIMNS, QAs). The converted barges, which ...ART02898
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Remember Belgium: Enlist to-day
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Maker: Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Henry Jenkinson Ltd.
British First World War recruitment poster issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. It features a full length portrait of a British infantryman standing on a hill, holding his rifle. A Belgiu...ARTV00843
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River Clyde at Cape Helles
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Maker: Lambert, George
Part of the plan for the landing at Gallipoli was that a collier, 'River Clyde', should be run aground at V Beach on the southern tip of the peninsular with 2000 men of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, wh...ART02850
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Roberts and Kitchener for Cronje's Camp near Paardeberg in the evening before the capitulation, 27 February 1900
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts Field Marshal Lord Roberts and Lieutenant General Lord Kitchener with their staff near Paaderberg Drift where the Boer General Piet Cronje was trapped during the South African War. The British...ART19714
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Rue de la Gare (Station Street)
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Maker: Rae, Iso
The perspective of this drawing is from an upstairs window of the house in which Iso Rae lived with her sister and mother close to the railway station on the edge of the Etaples Army Base Camp. Tents ...ART19597
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Saving the guns at Robecq
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Batteries of 12th Australian Field Artillery Brigade withdrawing at the gallop in face of approaching German troops at Calonne; German offensive March-April 1918, Battle of the Lys, Western Front.ART03332
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Scene in Halfaya Pass
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted, "Shortly after we had re-taken it [Halfaya Pass] from the Italians and Germans in January '42. Behind the knocked-out British tank can be seen one of the large guns, with French markings...ART23894
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Selarang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Selarang Barracks of the Changi camp compound. The AIF were quartered in this area for majority of their time in captivity. The building in the foreground of this work housed the 8th Division Signals.ART26469
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Sentries at prisoners' tent
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Maker: Rae, Iso
A soldier on guard, equipped with rifle, outside a tent housing prisoners. Rae has shown the typical bell tents used by the British Army. The front tent, brilliantly lit with a red warm glow and with ...ART19594
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Sketch for intended Light Horse memorial, Canberra
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a pedestal which supports a monument of four figures: a seated Sikh, a British soldier on horseback, a light horseman with a pipe on horseback and leaning forward on the horse, and a camelier ...ART19327
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Soliders. Flies are one of your most dangerous enemies
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Maker: Army Printing and Stationery Services
This British poster depicts soldiers having a meal outside, as well as showing where flies have travelled and can breed. This includes a field toilet, horses, manure and a rubbish bin. The foreground ...ARTV07615
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"So you don't know what your regiment is doing..."
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Maker: Unknown 517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers 517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers
civilian, woman; cautionary poster depicting a young woman in evening dress reclining on a sofa while talking to someone on the telephone who is not giving any information to her, and who 'must have b...ARTV07966
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Surely you will fight for your...
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Maker: Downey, W Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Jas. Truscott & Son
British recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee during the first half of the war. The poster employs both words and images to create meaning, interspersing symbols amongs...ARTV00432
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Take a pride in being fighting fit
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Maker: Games, Abram HMSO J Weiner Ltd
poster with two physically fit men, one dressed as a soldier, urging pride in physical fitnessARTV07178
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Talk in here kills out there
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Maker: Games, Abram Ministry of Home Security J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
British Army; cautionary poster warning of the danger of careless talk, depicting a patient in a hospital bed, the foot of the bed is drawn to resemble the head of a soldier wearing a German helmetARTV01864
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The British Colonial Empire: Ceylon Garrison Artillery
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Maker: Unknown British Government A.C. Ltd
British Second World War poster depicting the British Colonial Forces. It features a head and shoulders portrait of a member of the Ceylon garrison artillery in the upper centre. His regimental insign...ARTV01614
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The British Colonial Empire: King's own Malta Regiment
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Maker: Unknown British Government A.C. Ltd
British Second World War poster depicting the British Colonial Forces. It features a head and shoulders portrait of a member of the King's Own Malta Regiment in the upper centre. His regimental insign...ARTV01611
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The British Colonial Empire: Royal West Africa Frontier Force
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Maker: Unknown British Government A.C. Ltd
British Second World War poster depicting the British Colonial Forces. It features a head and shoulders portrait of a member of the Royal West African Frountier Force in the upper centre. His regiment...ARTV01613
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The British Colonial Empire: The King's African Rifles
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Maker: Unknown British Government A.C. Ltd
British Second World War poster depicting the British Colonial Forces. It features a head and shoulders portrait of a member of the King's African Rifles in the upper centre. His regimental insignia i...ARTV01612
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The dance of Death 1914-1918 Death marches
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Maker: Smith, Percy
No. 2 from a portfolio of 7 etchings titled 'The dance of Death', features Death as a tangible image hovering ominously over the battlefield. The concept of dance of Death imagery began as a medieval...ART50277
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The dance of Death 1914-1918 Death refuses
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Maker: Smith, Percy
No. 4 from a portfolio of 7 etchings, titled 'The dance of Death', features Death as a tangible image hovering ominously over the battlefield. The concept of dance of Death imagery began as a medieva...ART50279
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The Empire needs men!
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Maker: Wardle, Arthur Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Straker Brothers Ltd
British First World War Recruitment poster (No.58) issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (PRC). It features a naturalistic drawing by Arthur Wardle, one of Britain's most renowned animal pa...ARTV00819
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The last shot at Colenso
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Maker: Caton-Woodville, Richard 'Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News', London, 1900
Lt Roberts K.R.R. with Captain Schofield and Congreve, British soldiers, face their death at the hands of Boer forces. 1899; Royal Field Artillery; two unidentified gunners standing by 15 lb (pound w...ART19899
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The move to Barrack Square, 2 September 1942
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Forced movement of Australian and British prisoners with their belongings to Selarang Barracks on 2 September 1942. Over 15,000 prisoners were concentrated in the square by the Japanese General Fukuye...ART25084
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The Queen's Review: Aldershot, 26 June 1899
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Maker: Maud, W T
Depicts a large number of civilians watching the Royal Horse Artillery passing the Queen 's carriage during the Queen's Review at Aldershot in the late 19th century. The New South Wales Lancers also t...ART19555
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The real Irish spirit...
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Maker: Unknown Central Council for the Organization of Recruiting in Ireland McCaw, Stevenson & Orr Ltd
First World War recruitment poster issued by the Central Council for the Organization of Recruiting in Ireland. It features a depiction of a newly enlisted infantryman in the left foreground. He is in...ARTV00957
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The 77th Galop song-sheet cover
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Band of 77th Regiment playing in the Botanical Gardens to celebrate the end of the war in the Crimea (this Regiment was only in Australia from September 1857 to April 1858). A crowd of people are list...ART19818