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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 · The Allies, 1914–1918
Is Your Home Worth Fighting For?
Hely's Limited, Dublin · Irish recruiting, 1915, 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 recruiting poster printed by Hely's Limited of Dublin in 1915; the artist is unrecorded.
Why it matters
It will be too late to fight when the enemy is at your door, the text says, so join today. The sheet was printed in Dublin the year before the Easter Rising.
What to notice
A family at home, surprised by German soldiers bearing bayonets.
The front line, moved to the kitchen door.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Hely's Limited, Dublin
- Printer / house
- Hely's Limited, Dublin
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Irish recruiting, 1915, 1915
- Source
- 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, PD-US-expired-text). 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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