Accession Number | ARTV05664 |
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Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 93.8 x 63.2 cm |
Object type | Poster |
Physical description | lithograph on paper |
Maker |
Unknown Unknown Unknown |
Date made | 1914-1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Kitchener's solemn warning...
Description
First World War recruiting poster. Text only printed in red ink, it features a quote as a warning from Kitchener to the general population. It reads: '...In every man's life there is one supreme hour towards which all early experience moves, and from which all future results may be reckoned. For every individual Briton, as well as for our national existence, that solemn hour is now striking.' The title text is position at the top within a red rectangle the quote follows and both are framed with a red border.