War Posters Issued by Belligerent and Neutral Nations 1914-1919 Part 4

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PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY BILLING AND SONS, LTD., GUILDFORD

REPRODUCTIONS OF POSTERS

GROUPED UNDER THE COUNTRIES OF ISSUE

2.

BERNARD PARTRIDGE.

"TAKE UP THE SWORD OF JUSTICE."

Issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee: No. 106 of their posters.

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3.

F. ERNEST JACKSON.

"SONG TO THE EVENING STAR."

This poster was one of a group of four which were sent out by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London for use in dug-outs, etc., in France and other places abroad, Christmas, 1916. The drawing was the gift of the artist.

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4.

T. GREGORY BROWN.

"THEIR HOME, BELGIUM, 1918."

British War Loan poster.

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5.

FRANK BRANGWYN, R. A.

"BRITAIN'S CALL TO ARMS."

Recruiting poster, published by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, 1914. The stone upon which Mr. Brangwyn drew this lithograph--the first great poster of the War--was subsequently presented to the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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6.

J. WALTER WEST.

"HARVEST-TIME, 1916: WOMEN'S WORK ON THE LAND."

Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London.

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7.

FRANK BRANGWYN, R.A.

Poster for the French Army Orphanage.

"To ensure that the little orphans shall have a home and motherly care, education in the country, a career suited to each child, and the religion of their fathers."

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8.

GERALD SPENCER PRYSE.

"THE ONLY ROAD FOR AN ENGLISHMAN. THROUGH DARKNESS TO LIGHT; THROUGH FIGHTING TO TRIUMPH."

Published by the Underground Railways Company of London, Ltd., 1914.

9.

GERALD SPENCER PRYSE.

"BELGIUM REFUGEES IN ENGLAND."

Poster of the Belgian Red Cross Fund in London, 1915.

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