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War Posters Issued by Belligerent and Neutral Nations 1914-1919

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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ARRANGED UNDER THE NAMES OF ARTISTS AND GROUPED UNDER THE COUNTRIES OF ISSUE

Illustrations marked with an asterisk (*) are in colour.

GERMANY

1. *A. WOHLFELD.

Frauen und Madchen! Sammelt Frauenhaar! (Women and girls! Collect your hair!) A poster appealing for gifts of women’s hair, issued from the office of the collecting Committee, Berlin.

GREAT BRITAIN

2. *BERNARD PARTRIDGE.

Take up the Sword of Justice. Issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. No. 106 of their posters. Also issued as a poster stamp and as a “Flag Day” souvenir.

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 in France and other places abroad, Christmas, 1916.

4. *T. GREGORY BROWN.

Their Home, Belgium. War Loan Poster, published in 1918.

5. FRANK BRANGWYN, R.A.

Britain’s Call to Arms. Recruiting poster published by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, 1914.

6. J. WALTER WEST.

Harvest-time, 1916: Women’s Work on the Land. Issued by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, Ltd.

7. FRANK BRANGWYN, R.A.

Orphelinat des Armées. (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.”) Poster for a French “Flag Day.” Issued in London.

8. GERALD SPENCER PRYSE.

The Only Road for an Englishman. Through Darkness to Light; Through Fighting to Triumph. The first war poster by Spencer Pryse. Published by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, 1914.

9. GERALD SPENCER PRYSE.

Belgian Refugees in England. Issued by the Belgian Red Cross Fund in London, 1915.

10. GEORGE CLAUSEN, R.A.

“Mine Be a Cot Beside the Hill.” 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, huts, etc., in France and other places abroad, Christmas, 1916. The drawing was the gift of the artist.

11. L. RAVEN-HILL.

The Watchers of the Seas. Recruiting poster for the British Navy, 1915.

12. BERNARD PARTRIDGE.

Kossovo Day is the Serbian National Day. Poster of a British “Flag Day,” June 25, 1916.

13. JOHN HASSALL.

Belgian Canal Boat Fund. For relief of the civil population behind the firing lines.

14. JOHN HASSALL.

Music in War-time: Grand Patriotic Concert, Albert Hall. Poster of the Professional Classes War Relief Council.

15. BERNARD PARTRIDGE.

Haven. Star and Garter Home. Poster of the British Women’s Hospital Fund, appealing for subscriptions toward the expense of converting the Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond, into a home for men incurably disabled in the War.

16. PAUL NASH.

Poster of an Exhibition of War Paintings and Drawings at the Leicester Galleries, London, May, 1918.

17. SIR WILLIAM ORPEN, R.A.

Poster of an Exhibition of War Paintings and Drawings, executed on the Western Front by Major William Orpen. At Agnew’s Galleries, London, 1919.

18. NORMAN WILKINSON.

The Dardanelles. War Sketches in Gallipoli. Poster of an Exhibition at the Fine Art Society, London, 1915.

19. FRANK BRANGWYN, R.A.

At Neuve Chapelle. Your Friends Need You: Be a Man. British Recruiting Poster.

FRANCE

20. *POULBOT.

Pour que Papa vienne en Permission, s’il vous plaît. (So that papa may come home on leave, if you please.) Poster issued by the Comité Central d’Organisation de la Journée du Poilu—French “Flag Days” in Paris, Christmas-time, 1915.

21. *AUGUSTE ROLL.

Pour les Blessés de la Tuberculose. (For those wounded by tuberculosis.) Poster of the National Day for the Benefit of ex-Soldiers suffering from Tuberculosis.

22. *D. CHARLES FOUQUERAY.

Le Cardinal Mercier protège la Belgique. (Cardinal Mercier protects Belgium.) Published in Paris, 1916.

23. JULES ABEL FAIVRE.

On les aura! (We shall get them!) Poster of the Second War Loan, 1916.

24. JULES ABEL FAIVRE.

Sauvons-les. (Let us save them.) Poster of the National Day for the Benefit of ex-Soldiers suffering from Tuberculosis. Issued in Paris, 1916.

25. D. CHARLES FOUQUERAY.

La Journée Serbe, 25 Juin, 1916. Poster of a French “Flag Day” for the Serbian Relief Fund, on the anniversary of the Battle of Kossovo, 1389. Issued in Paris.

26. G. CAPON.

La Femme Française pendant la Guerre. (French women during the war.) Poster of the Kinematograph Section of the French Army. Issued in Paris.

27. SEM.

Pour le dernier Quart d’Heure ... aidez-moi! (For the last quarter-of-an-hour ... help me!) French War Loan Poster, 1918. Issued in Paris.

28. THÉOPHILE ALEXANDRE STEINLEN.

Journée du Poilu, 1915. Poster of the French “Flag Days,” December 25 and 26, 1915. Organised by Parliament.

29. MAURICE NEUMON.

Journée du Poilu, 1915. Poster of the French “Flag Days,” December 25 and 26, 1915. Organised by Parliament.

30. JULES ABEL FAIVRE.

Pour la France versez votre Or. L’Or combat pour la Victoire. (Pour out your gold for France. Gold fights for victory.) Poster of the French War Loan, 1915.

31. ADOLPHE WILLETTE.

Enfin seuls...! Journée du Poilu. (By ourselves at last!) Poster of the French “Flag Days,” December 25 and 26, 1915. Organised by Parliament.

32. JULES ADLER.

Eux aussi! font leur Devoir. (They, too, are doing their duty.) Poster of the French War Loan, 1915.

33. AUGUSTE LEROUX.

Souscrivez pour la France qui combat! Pour celle que chaque jour grandit. (Subscribe for the sake of France who is fighting, and for that little one who grows bigger every day.) Poster of the Third French War Loan.

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

34. *PLONTKE.

Für die Kriegsanleihe! (For the War Loan.) German War Loan Poster, issued in Berlin.

35. *OTTO LEHMANN.

Stutzt unsre Feldgrauen. Zereisst Englands Macht. Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe. (Support our Field Greys. Rend England’s Might. Subscribe to the War Loan.) Issued in Cologne.

36. *ERWIN PUCHINGER.

Zeichnet 5½% dritte Kriegsanleihe. (Subscribe to the 5½% third War Loan.) Issued in Vienna.

37. ERLER.

Der 9te Pfeil. Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe. (The ninth arrow. Subscribe to the War Loan.) German War Loan Poster.

38. LEONARD.

Der Hauptfeind ist England! (The arch-enemy is England!) German Propaganda Poster.

(When still compelled to fight and bleed, When, suffering deprivation everywhere, You go without the coal and warmth you need, With ration-cards and darkness for your share With peace-time work no longer to be done,— Someone guilty there must be— England, the Arch-enemy! Stand then united, steadfastly! For Germany’s sure cause will thus be won.)

39. H. R. ERDT.

Soll und Haben des Kriegs-Jahres, 1917. (Losses and gains of the War Year, 1917.) German Propaganda Poster.

40. OSWARD POLTE.

Dem Vaterlande! Pommersche Juwelen—und Goldankaufswoche. (Advertising the “Pomeranian Sale Week for Gold and Jewels.”) Issued in Berlin.

41. A. S.

Zeichnet fünfte österreichische Kriegsanleihe. (Subscribe to the Fifth Austrian War Loan.) Poster issued in Vienna.

42. Segìtsetek a diadalmas békéhez. (Help the victorious peace.) War Loan Poster. Published in Budapest, 1917.

43. F. K. ENGELHARD.

Nein! Niemals! (No! Never!)

44. GERD PAUL.

Es gilt die letzen Schläge, den Sieg zu vollenden! Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe! (It takes the last blow to make Victory complete! Subscribe to the War Loan!)

45. M. LENZ.

Zeichnet achte Kriegsanleihe. (Subscribe to the Eighth War Loan.) Issued in Vienna.

46. OLAF GULBRANNSON.

Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte. (Ludendorff Fund for the Disabled.) Issued in Munich, 1918.

47. Esposizione di Guerra, Trieste, 1917. (War Exhibition, Trieste, 1917.)

48. Ziechnet vierte österreichische Kriegsanleihe. (Subscribe to the Fourth Austrian War Loan.)

49. Österr-Ungar. Kriegsgräber Ausstellung. (Austro-Hungarian War Graves’ Exhibition.) Poster of an Exhibition in Berlin.

50. DANKÓ.

Be a vörös hadseregbe! (For the conquering army!) Hungarian War Loan Poster.

51. FRANKE.

Willst Du den Frieden ernten, Musst Du Säendarum. (If you would reap peace, You must sow to that end.) Poster of the Eighth Austrian War Loan.

52. P. PLONTKE.

Annahmestelle und Sammelbeutelausgabe. (Collection among girls in the schools at Mainz.) Poster of the German Women’s Hair Collection Committee for Magdeburg.

53. Kaiser- und Volksdank für Heer und Flotte. (Kaiser and people’s thank-offering for Army and Navy.) Poster for the Frankfort Christmas Offering, 1917.

54. Helft! den braven Soldaten.... (Help! for the brave Soldiers....) Poster of the Soldiers’ Aid Committee, Berlin.

55. ROLAND KRAFTER.

The Troops Home-Coming for Christmas.

56. F. K. ENGELHARD.

Elend und Untergang folgen der Anarchie. (Misery and Destruction follow Anarchy.) Poster of the German Revolution, 1918.

57. BIRÓ.

Poster depicting the Russian Invasion.

58. A. K. ARPELLUS.

Zeichnet 7. Kriegsanleihe. (Subscribe to the Seventh War Loan.)

59. KÜRTHY.

War Loan Poster. Issued in Budapest, 1917.

60. FARAGÓGÉZ.

War Loan Poster. Issued in Budapest.

61. BIRÓ.

War Loan Poster. Issued in Budapest, 1917.

62. KÜRTHY.

War Loan Poster. Issued in Budapest, 1917.

AMERICAN

63. *RALEIGH.

Must Children Die and Mothers Plead in Vain? Buy More Liberty Bonds.

64. *Books Wanted for our Men “in Camp and Over There.” Poster of the American Association of Libraries for supplying books to the troops on service.

65. *ELLSWORTH YOUNG.

Remember Belgium. Buy Bonds. Poster of the American Fourth Liberty Loan, 1918.

66. ADOLPH TREIDLER.

For Every Fighter a Woman Worker. Care for her through the Y.W.C.A. Poster of the United War Work Campaign, American Y.W.C.A.

67. JOSEPH PENNELL.

That Liberty shall not Perish from the Earth. Poster of the Fourth American War Loan, 1918.

68. L. JONAS.

Four Years in the Fight—The Women of France: We owe them Houses of Cheer. Poster of the United War Work Campaign, American Y.W.C.A., 1918.

69. America Calls. Enlist in the Navy. Recruiting poster for the U.S. Navy, 1917.

70. MORGAN.

Feed a Fighter. Eat only what you Need. American Food Economy Poster.

71. LOUIS RAEMAEKERS.

Enlist in the Navy. Americans! Stand by Uncle Sam for Liberty against Tyranny!—Theodore Roosevelt. Recruiting Poster for the U.S. Navy.

ANGLO-INDIAN

72. CECIL L. BURNS.

Victory to the Marathas.

Unite, ye men, And from his strongholds drive the foe! Nothing but deeds like these can win A fame that shall endure.

Recruiting Poster, issued in Bombay, 1915.

OTHER COUNTRIES

DUTCH

73. *A. O.

In Belgie by De Zorg. (The Home of Distress in Belgium.) Belgian art for Belgian distress. La Fraternelle Belge. Poster of an Exhibition at Tilburg, 1917. Published in Amsterdam, 1917.

CANADIAN

74. *Keep all Canadians Busy. Buy 1918 Victory Bonds.

ITALIAN

75. *LOUIS RAEMAEKERS.

Neutral America and the Hun. Poster of an Exhibition of Raemaekers’ Cartoons in Milan.

CZECHO-SLOVAK

76. *V. PREISSIG.

Czecho-slovaks! Join our Free Colours. One Of Six posters issued by the Czecho-slovak Recruiting Office, New York, U.S.A. Printed at the Wentworth Institute, Boston, U.S.A.

RUSSIAN

77. Europe and the Idol. How much longer shall we Sacrifice our Sons to this Accursed Idol? (The inscription on the idol is “Anglia.”) Revolutionary Poster. ? German propaganda.

GERMAN

78. GIPKINS.

Bringt euren Goldschmuck den Goldankaufsstellen. (Bring your gold ornaments to the Gold-purchasing Depôt!)

AUSTRIAN

79. ALFRED OFFNER.

Zeichet 7. Kriegsanlenihe. (Subscribe to the Seventh War Loan.)

AMERICAN

80. BABCOCK.

Join the Navy—the Service for Fighting Men. Recruiting Poster for the U.S. Navy.

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