Your Country's Call

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Accession Number ARTV00428
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 75.5 x 52.3 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description chromolithograph on paper
Maker Unknown
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Jowett & Sowry
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made c. 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts a member of the Scottish infantry gesturing to an idyllic scene behind him of a small country town nestled amongst green rolling hills. With his right hand, he points to the town, and his left hand rests on his rifle. The tilte, printed in white on a brown background, runs across the top of the poster. The question 'Isn't this worth fighting for?', also printed in white on a brown background, runs across the bottom part of the poster, finished with the instruction to 'ENLIST NOW'. This is poster implies that the town is potentially under threat of attack by the Germans, thus appealing to the defensive instincts of the viewer.

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