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The Posters That Went to War · The Allies, 1914–1918
England Expects Every Man to Do His Duty
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, poster no. 1, 1914
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 text-only colour lithograph issued in 1914 as poster no. 1, printed by H.T. & Co., 76 by 51 cm, from the Library of Congress.
Why it matters
England expects that every man will do his duty was Nelson's signal before Trafalgar in 1805, and the recruiting drive of 1914 put it back to work with one clause added: and join the army to-day.
What to notice
Type alone, with a small armorial device of King George V and no picture, and the printing line W 7810-14 at the foot.
A signal from 1805, hoisted again.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Printer / house
- H.T. & Co.
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, poster no. 1, 1914
- Source
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons) · LCCN 2003662929
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-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired). 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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