1 Aug
First World War Propaganda Posters
- The Advertising, Art, History entry posted on August 1st, 2007.
Britain entered the war on 4 August 1914. The possessor of a small professional army and without a policy of conscription she had urgent need of more men - many, many more men - for training within the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).
Thus the government in London acted quickly in bringing out a stream of recruitment posters.
8 Responses to “First World War Propaganda Posters”rss
dulloq, on December 30th, 2007, said:
wow, that?s history! where did you find the poster?
Flimjo, on March 13th, 2008, said:
I keep forgetting that it was termed the “Great War” back then. It wasn’t World War I until, of course, World War II came about.
Steve, on March 14th, 2008, said:
It’s unbelievable how war has changed since then. Every loss is a tradegy but what we think is bad now pales into insignificance comapared to the great war and the literally millions lost.
Mark Albright, on April 24th, 2008, said:
I agree with Steve, compared to today’s wars (at least any after 1980), the “Great War” was a complete human meat grinder.
lulu, on December 6th, 2008, said:
i agree.. i mean in the battle of somme alone 1.25 million men died
Miami Setai, on January 7th, 2009, said:
Great find! This poster seems unique, most others I’ve seen were focusing on fear mongering and this one ads a more psychological spin to the whole issue.
Filmari Nunti, on March 10th, 2009, said:
Nasty thing…There was some movies made it for propaganda purposes. One of them from WW2 I’ve seen on internet. Watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNI4LBnMuzk
John Kalinowski, on April 23rd, 2009, said:
Fascinating poster. I’ve been studying propaganda and just saw an original painting by Boardman Robinson that was for a WWI propaganda poster that I can’t find anywhere.
I can’t post images here but picyures are at http://www.auctionzip.com AUCTION ID #10767
It is being sold on May 3rd 2009 at auction but available over the internet at
the website.
Does anyone recognize this artwork? It’s about 2 feet tall, looks like tempura on thick paper, definitely original Robinson.
Can anyone suggest how high I should Bid?
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