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Accession Number | ARTV00843 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 49.2 x 37.6 cm |
Object type | Poster |
Physical description | chromolithograph on paper |
Maker |
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Henry Jenkinson Ltd. |
Date made | 1914 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Remember Belgium: Enlist to-day
Description
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 Belgium village burns in the distance (centre left) and a Belgium mother and child are fleeing from the destruction in the background right. The title text printed in red is positioned at the top and a subtitle in white at the bottom. Both the text and image are framed by with a black border. The poster urges the viewer to remember Germany's invasion of Belgium and atrocities committed against civilians and prisoners of war at that time and enlist.