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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
Your King and Country Need You
Lawson Wood (1878-1957) · British Army recruiting, poster no. 17, 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 colour lithograph Lawson Wood drew in 1914 as recruiting poster no. 17, printed by Dobson, Molle & Co. Ltd., colour printers of Edinburgh and London, 75 by 50 cm.
Why it matters
The full line asks men to maintain the honour and glory of the British Empire, in the first months of a war Britain entered over Belgium. Wood, later famous for his comic animals, signed the sheet Lawson Wood '14.
What to notice
A Scottish soldier in uniform and kilt on a street corner in a Belgian village.
A Highlander far from home, keeping a Belgian street.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Lawson Wood (1878-1957)
- Printer / house
- Dobson, Molle & Co. Ltd., Edinburgh and London
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- British Army recruiting, poster no. 17, 1914
- 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-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired). Maker died 1957; public domain in the US by publication date, in copyright in the EU and UK until the end of 2027. Exposure noted as with Dudovich.
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