item details
NamePoster, 'Britain Needs You At Once'
ProductionParliamentary Recruiting Committee; publisher; June 1915; United Kingdom
Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd.; printing firm; June 1915; United Kingdom
Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd.; printing firm; June 1915; United Kingdom
Classificationpolitical posters
Materialsink, paper
Techniquescolour lithography, planographic printing
DimensionsOverall: 540mm (width), 760mm (height)
Registration NumberGH016313
Credit lineGift of Department of Defence, 1919
Overview
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.