The Hun and the home...

British First World War anti-German propaganda poster. One of a series produced featuring illustrations by British cartoonist David W F B Wilson (1873-1935) . It contains two images. The first positioned in the centre left is a depiction of a peaceful village scene in England which is in direct contrast to the image in the centre right of a war torn scene in Belgium. Each image is framed within a black border. The title is positioned centre top printed in black ink . Other text printed in black and red ink is positioned beneath each image and across the bottom. The images and text are set against a white background. Appealing to eligibles it implores them to stop what happened in Belgium from happening in England. To protect their homes, women and children by enlisting to refresh British Troops already at the front. David Wilson was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and painter. He had his first cartoon published in the 'Daily Chronicle' in 1895. In 1899 he began contributing a regular full-page caricature to 'The Magpie', another Belfast weekly. He contributed 55 cartoons to 'Punch', including Boer War material, between 1900 and 1933. From 1910 to 1916 he was chief cartoonist for The Graphic, and from 1912 his cartoons appeared regularly in the 'Daily Chronicle'. He illustrated several Anti-German propaganda posters for the British government during the First World War.