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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Come On, Boys! Do Your Duty by Enlisting Now!
Vojtěch Preissig · Wentworth Institute, Boston, poster no. 4, 1917
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 colour silkscreen Vojtěch Preissig made in 1917, Wentworth Institute poster no. 4, 88 by 63.4 cm on the sheet.
Why it matters
Preissig made a numbered series of posters at the Wentworth Institute in Boston, and this one asks young men to enlist now. He trained at the School of Applied Industrial Art in Prague, and the Library of Congress showed the sheet in Echoes of the Great War in 2017.
What to notice
A soldier on horseback carrying a flag.
A cavalry charge, called in from Boston.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Vojtěch Preissig
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Wentworth Institute, Boston, poster no. 4, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00650097 · POS - US .P74, no. 10 (C size) [P&P]
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 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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