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The Posters That Went to War · The Allies, 1914–1918
Belgian Canal Boat Fund: Send Them Something
John Hassall · Belgian Canal Boat Fund, 71 Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, London, 1915
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A lithograph John Hassall drew for the Belgian Canal Boat Fund of 71 Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, in 1915, printed by Hill, Siffken & Co., 75 by 50 cm, from the Library of Congress.
Why it matters
The fund sent relief by canal boat to the civil population of Belgium behind the firing lines.
What to notice
A mother consoling her children by a canal, with the wreckage of a boat and a windmill behind them.
Help, sent by the slow water.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- John Hassall
- Printer / house
- Hill, Siffken & Co.
- Campaign
- Relief and Welfare
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Belgian Canal Boat Fund, 71 Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, London, 1915
- Source
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02: Public domain (PD-Layout, PD-US-expired-text, PD-old-1923). Maker's death year unrecorded; the EU and UK term (life plus 70) cannot be confirmed, so exposure outside the US stands until it is.
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