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Britain's Call to Arms

Poster
1914 (made)
Artist/Maker
Brangwyn, Frank (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (printed)

'Britain's Call to Arms'; Monochrome proof of a poster designed for the purpose of Army recruiting during the First World War (see E.2681-1914); A standing group of a distressed looking man and woman holding a baby; a gesturing soldier and a further figure partially obscured behind them, is centre-left centre, below them dead or dying figures to the right and background, ruined buildings and more distressed figures; Lithograph.

Object details

Categories
War
Propaganda
Prints
Posters
Death
Object type
Poster
TitleBritain's Call to Arms (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Lithography
Brief description
'Britain's Call to Arms'; Proof in monochrome of poster designed for the purpose of Army recruiting during the First World War; Lithograph; By Sir Frank Brangwyn; Great Britain; 1914.
Physical description
'Britain's Call to Arms'; Monochrome proof of a poster designed for the purpose of Army recruiting during the First World War (see E.2681-1914); A standing group of a distressed looking man and woman holding a baby; a gesturing soldier and a further figure partially obscured behind them, is centre-left centre, below them dead or dying figures to the right and background, ruined buildings and more distressed figures; Lithograph.
Dimensions
  • Height: 104.8cm
  • Width: 157.4cm
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
Production typeProof
Credit line
Given by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London, Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Death
War
Men
Soldier
Woman
First World War
Associated object
E.2681-1914
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1915, London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.600-1915

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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