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The Posters That Went to War · The Allies, 1914–1918
Take Up the Sword of Justice
Bernard Partridge (1861-1945) · Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, poster no. 105, 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 colour lithograph Bernard Partridge drew for the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in 1915, poster no. 105, 100 by 63 cm, signed B.P.
Why it matters
A German submarine sank the liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland on 7 May 1915, and the Committee turned the sinking into a call to arms. Partridge was a cartoonist for Punch.
What to notice
A classical figure, arms raised, holds a sword above drowning people, with the Lusitania going down behind.
Justice, standing in the water.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Bernard Partridge (1861-1945)
- Campaign
- Enlist · Remember Belgium
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, poster no. 105, 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-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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