Museum Objects Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
First World War Poster Collection |
Catalogue Number |
1996.100.175 |
Creator |
Fry, William Arthur (1865-1930) |
Role |
Artist |
Maker |
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee |
Title |
There's Room for You - Enlist Today |
Date |
1915 |
Object Name |
Poster, Recruitment |
Description |
First World War period British recruitment propaganda lithograph poster by W.A. Fry showing a group of British infantry departing in a train with a soldier is gesturing towards the viewer to join him. In the right foreground is a rear view of an elderly man waving his hat in farewell. The printed text above the image is: ’THERE’S ROOM - FOR YOU’ and then beneath the image: ’ENLIST - TO-DAY’. At the base of the poster: ’PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE, LONDON POSTER no.122 Printed by William Strain & Sons Ltd. Belfast : AND 104 High Holborn London W.C.’ Issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee as poster no.122 in 1915. |
Dimensions |
H-76 W-51 cm |
Event |
First World War (1914-1918) |
Place of Origin |
London/England/United Kingdom |
Material |
Paper/Ink |
Acquisition |
Collected by the McLean Museum, Greenock |
People |
Fry, William Arthur, 1865-1930, poster designer |
Search Terms |
British Army Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London William Strain & Sons Ltd., printers |