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National Service. Women's Land Army.

Poster
1917 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Gawthorn, Henry George (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)
Great Britain (issued)

'National Service Women's Land Army'. A World War I recruitment poster for the Women's Land Army, showing a woman guiding a horse-drawn plough. Signed 'H.G. Gawthorn'. Lettered with title and "God Speed The Plough And The Woman Who Drives It".

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleNational Service. Women's Land Army.
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'National Service Women's Land Army'. A World War I recruitment poster for the Women's Land Army, showing a woman guiding a horse-drawn plough. Designed by Henry George Gawthorn. Great Britain. 1917.
Physical description
'National Service Women's Land Army'. A World War I recruitment poster for the Women's Land Army, showing a woman guiding a horse-drawn plough. Signed 'H.G. Gawthorn'. Lettered with title and "God Speed The Plough And The Woman Who Drives It".
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 76cm
  • Size of sheet width: 50.5cm
Dimensions taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Marks and inscriptions
  • NATIONAL SERVICE / WOMEN'S / LAND ARMY (Title, lettered at top of design.)
  • "GOD SPEED THE PLOUGH / AND THE WOMAN WHO DRIVES IT". (Lettered at bottom of design.)
  • APPLY FOR ENROLEMENT FORMS AT YOUR NEAREST POST OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE. (Lettered beneath image (white against black).)
  • SERIES W9. (Bottom-left corner of image.)
  • D.A.& S. Ld. London. (Bottom-right corner of image.)
  • (NS [National Service] badge lettered Industrial Army 1917. Bottom-right corner of image, above text.)
  • H.G. GAWTHORN. (Signed, below NS badge.)
  • 155 (Onslow's the Auctioneers lot number, inscribed in pencil in the lower-left margin.)
Object history
Onslow's the Auctioneers lot number (155) is inscribed in pencil in the lower-left margin.
Production
Dated '1917'.
Subjects depicted
Agriculture
Woman
Plough
Horse
Birds
Suns
First World War
Bibliographic reference
Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other numbers
  • 15/B6 - V&A microfiche
  • 155 - Auctioneers lot number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.363-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
Record URL
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