item details
NamePoster, 'She helps her Boy to Victory'
ProductionClarke & Sherwell, Ltd.; printing firm; 1918; United Kingdom
Ministry of Food (Food Controller); publisher; 1918; United Kingdom
League of National Safety; publisher; 1918; United Kingdom
Ministry of Food (Food Controller); publisher; 1918; United Kingdom
League of National Safety; publisher; 1918; United Kingdom
Classificationpolitical posters
Materialsink, paper
Materials SummaryPhotolithograph on paper
Techniquesphotolithography
DimensionsOverall: 775mm (height), 524mm (length)
Registration NumberGH016586
Credit lineGift of Department of Defence, 1919
Overview
This First World War poster makes a direct link between women on the home front keeping to rations in order to help men on the battle front succeed (rationing was introduced in Britain in 1918). Women were often used as persuasive agents in First World War posters.