Object: Poster, ’Britain Needs You At Once’
Title / object name  Poster, ’Britain Needs You At Once’
Maker  Role  Date  
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee  publisher  1915  
Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd.  printing firm  1915  
Materials  ink, paper
Dimensions
Overall  760 (Height) x 540 (Width) mm
Classification  political posters
Technique  colour lithography, planographic printing
Registration Number  GH016313
Credit Line
Gift of Department of Defence, 1919

This First World War poster depicts St George fighting the dragon. Such propaganda appealed to men's chivalrous feelings and sense of duty, and was part of a massive publicity campaign in Britain before conscription was introduced in 1916.

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