Museum Objects Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
First World War Poster Collection |
Catalogue Number |
1996.100.172 |
Maker |
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee |
Title |
Your Country's Call - Isn't this worth fighting for? |
Date |
1915 |
Object Name |
Poster, Recruitment |
Description |
First World War period British recruitment propaganda lithograph poster showing a British soldier wearing a grey kilt and glengarry bonnet. He points to a countryside scene with thatched cottages and flower gardens, with cows grazing in green fields and rolling hills under a blue sky. The text above the image is: 'YOUR COUNTRY'S CALL' then beneath the image 'Isn't this worth fighting for? - ENLIST NOW' and at the base of the poster: 'PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE. LONDON. POSTER No. 87. PRINTED BY JOWETT AND SOWRY. LEEDS.' Published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster as No.87 in 1915. |
Dimensions |
H-75 W-50 cm |
Event |
First World War (1914-1918) |
Place of Origin |
London/England/United Kingdom |
Material |
Paper/Ink |
Acquisition |
Collected by the McLean Museum, Greenock |
Search Terms |
Jowett and Sowry, printers, Leeds Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London British Army |