The Question: which road shall we take?

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number ARTV00980
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 38.2 x 25.2 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph on paper
Maker Hill, Leonard Raven
Unknown
Banks Ltd.
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London
Date made 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright unknown

Description

British First World War poster featuring a colour illustration by Leonard Raven Hill. The image is positioned centrally within a black border and is a depiction of a signpost, separating two contrasting landscapes. The left sign indicates 'German Peace', shown as a pleasant rural landscape, troubled by dark storm clouds on the road ahead. The right sign indicates 'British Peace', shown as a war damaged landscape, emerging on the road ahead as idyllic countryside, with the sun rising over it. The title and text are positioned separately above and below the image.