The war of munitions. How Great Britain has mobilised her industries /...
Poster showing 14 vignettes of the British munitions industry, including related descriptions and facts.
War saving stamps. Make your sixpences grow into pounds / J.R. & C.
Poster showing savings stamps, how to collect 31 of them on a card, and how to use the card to purchase a War Savings Certificate redeemable for £1 after five years. Poster no. 108. (2276) Wt. 19080/2721 20125 ... More
William Heath - The royal milling match, British Cartoon Print
Caricature showing Lord Yarmouth hitting the Prince Regent in the eye, as Lady Yarmouth looks from behind screen covered with caricatures. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress... More
Edward Penfield - Lloyd George, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Lloyd George, head-and-shoulders portarit, full face. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as cover of: Collier's magazine, Dec. 4, 1915.
Fashion before ease;--or,--a good constitution sacrificed for a fantas...
Cartoon showing Britannia clasping trunk of a large oak, while Thomas Paine tugs with both hands at her stay laces, his foot on her posterior. From his coat pocket protrudes a pair of scissors and a tape inscri... More
Uncorking old sherry / Js. Gillrlay, inv. & fecit., British Cartoon Pr...
William Pitt stands in the House of Commons, facing the opposition which is represented by bottles containing the heads of the most well-known opposition leaders including Fox, Tierney, Windham and Grey. At Pit... More
[Hibernia in distress], British Cartoon Print
Print shows Hibernia, a woman representing Ireland, lying on the floor holding a broken harp, Lord Townshend is holding her down with his left foot; on the left, Lord North reaches into a money bag labeled with... More
The American rattlesnake presenting Monsieur his ally a dish of frogs,...
Print shows a rattlesnake, representing America, presenting a basket of frogs to a Frenchman. Includes a short verse advising Britons to drive a wedge between the Americans and the French during the peace negot... More
A block for the wigs - or, the new state whirligig, British Cartoon Pr...
Cartoon shows a carousel on which sit government ministers Charles Fox, Lord North, Edmund Burke and Admiral Keppel. Beam in the center of the carousel platform is a pillar topped by a bust of King George III, ... More
The vision, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a young man, possibly William Pitt, the younger, being visited by a ghost from the grave, possibly the elder William Pitt, who has come "to warn thee against thy impending fate - Beware of Prerogati... More
The Farmers toast, British Cartoon Print
British cartoon showing six fat farmers eating and drinking at a table. The farmers are 'monopolists', accused of holding corn in hopes of a still higher price. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collectio... More
Harmony before Matrimony / Js. Gillray, des. & Ft., British Cartoon Pr...
A young woman and a fashionably dressed young man singing a duet. The woman plays a harp while looking over her shoulder at the music book, "Duets de L'Amour", which the man holds. On the table between the two ... More
A Kick at the Broad Bottoms! i.e. - "Emancipation of All the Talents" ...
King George III, his face hidden by a pillar, grabs the pigtail of Lord Grenville, and holds his scepter as if ready to strike Grenville. Members of the government, including Howick, holding a torn copy of the ... More
Sick of the property tax or ministerial influnza (sic), British Cartoo...
Cartoon shows ministers, among them Vansittart and Castlereagh, vomiting taxes into a large bag labeled "budget." The Prince Regent stands nearby, supported on crutches labeled "more money" and "increase in inc... More
Manchester bull-hunt / Marks delt., British Cartoon Print
Cartoon shows a bull, with the head of John Bull, tossing a member of the Manchester Yeomanry and attacking a magistrate. Behind the bull is a group of reformers lead by Henry Hunt holding a paper inscribed "Co... More
While the soldiers were being entertained in the dining-hall, the chil...
(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Elinor Arden, Royalist," St. Nicholas, 31:873 (Aug. 1904).
Your king & country need you to maintain the honour and glory of the B...
Poster showing an old veteran, wearing his decorations, shaking hands with a young soldier. Caption: A chip of the old block. Copyright by Dobson, Molle & Co. Ltd. Poster no. 18.
Each recruit brings peace nearer / printed by Andrew Reid & Co., Ltd.,...
Poster showing a searchlight beam in the night sky above London. Poster no. 86.
City territorial recruiting rally. July 12th Aug. 4th. Join now / The ...
Includes list of recruiting rally locations. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The British sovereign will win. Invest in the war loan to-day / printe...
Poster showing a British coin bearing profile of George V. Poster no. 9. W.5322, 20M - 7/15.
I'r fyddin fechgyn gwalia! Cas gwr nid cas ganddo elyn ei wlad. Cymru ...
Poster showing a map of Wales, with text in Welsh. Poster no. 31. Wt. 9584. 5M. 12/14.
Fight for freedom with the strength of free men / Printed by Roberts &...
Poster is text only. Poster no. 48. Wt. W 9754/224.
Come along, boys! Enlist to-day / W.H. Caffyn ; The Haycock-Cadle Co.,...
Poster showing a cheerful soldier shouldering a rifle and smoking a pipe. Caption: "The moment the order came to go forward, there were smiling faces everywhere." Extract from letter written in the trenches of ... More
[Tank] - World War I poster during World War I
Poster showing a tank, with lengthy text in Chinese explaining what it is, the history of its invention, and its role in "the European war." English translation attached to verso.
Think! Are you content for him to fight for you? Won't you do your bit...
Poster showing silhouette of a soldier striding forward with bayonet. Poster no. 38.
Join the Royal Marines. Help to man the guns of the fleet / W.H. Smith...
Poster showing marines operating a large cannon on a ship. Public domain photograph - World War One artillery, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
We're both needed to serve the guns! Fill up the ranks! Pile up the mu...
Poster showing a soldier, with a battle in the background, shaking hands with a worker, with an industrial landscape in the background. Poster no. 85c.
Everyone should do his bit. Enlist now / Baron Low 1915 ; printed by R...
Poster showing a young man in uniform, posed with a drum, before a wall displaying enlistment posters by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. Some of the posters are recognizable as items in the Library of C... More
Mr. Joseph Devlin, M.P., and the Irish brigade. Irishmen, do your duty...
Includes quote from Devlin, wishing the Irish Brigade well. Poster is text only. 5,000, Wt./P.651, 3,15.
The nation is fighting for its life. All men should enrol for national...
Poster showing Britannia waving a flag, "National service." Caption: Who follows? Reproduced by special permission of the Proprietors of "Punch."
Lend your strong right arm to your country. Enlist now / H. & C. Graha...
Poster showing a forearm and fist, and cut to that shape. Poster no. 26.
Our country's urgent need. Every physically fit and hardy man required...
Text continues: Age 19-45. Minimum height 5 ft. 5 ins. Minimum chest 35 ins. Separation Allowance & Pay at Army Rate. Apply E. Cunliffe-Owen, Hotel Cecil, Strand, London, or Management. Poster is text only.
Don't / printed by David Allen & Sons, Ltd., Harrow, Mdx.
Poster is text only. Text continues: 1. Don't use a motor car or motor cycle for pleasure purposes. 2. Don't buy new clothes needlessly. Don't be ashamed of wearing old clothes in war time. 3. Don't keep more s... More
Sin, Death, and the Devil - vide Milton, British Cartoon Print
A satire on the struggle between Pitt and Thurlow travestied as a scene from Paradise Lost. Pitt is Death, wearing only the king's crown. Thurlow is Satan. The Queen is Sin, naked, with two writhing serpents fo... More
Fashion before ease;--or,--a good constitution sacrificed for a fantas...
Cartoon showing Britannia clasping trunk of a large oak, while Thomas Paine tugs with both hands at her stay laces, his foot on her posterior. From his coat pocket protrudes a pair of scissors and a tape inscri... More
Scientific researches! - New discoveries in pneumaticks! - or - An exp...
A satire on the fashionable lectures at the Royal Institution, showing Thomas Young(?), doing an experiment, holding Sir J.C. Hippisley by his nose, and applying to his mouth a tube from an apparatus in which a... More
The royal Hercules destroying the dragon python, British Cartoon Print
Print shows George III as Hercules gripping three Whigs on a three-headed Hydra identified as the "dragon python." On the left, Charles James Fox utters, "O! this is my last gasp", on top is Frederick, Lord Nor... More
The Female frizzler, British Cartoon Print
British cartoon showing woman, seated on huge hairdo of another woman, as she works on the hairdo. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
End of the Irish Invasion : - or - the Destruction of the French Armad...
French warships, labeled Le Révolutionaire, L'Egalité and The Revolutionary Jolly Boat, being tossed about during a storm blown up by Pitt, Dundas, Grenville and Windham, whose heads appear from the clouds. Cha... More
The king of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, British Cartoon Print, James Gil...
King George III and Queen Charlotte seated on chairs of state, watch a small rectangular tank in which Napoleon as Gulliver sails his boat. Lord Salisbury stands behind king's chair. Four princesses and three p... More
Winston Churchill smiles at the camera (about 1912)
British First Lord of Admiralty, Winston Churchill, is shown dressed in a top hat and a fur trimmed coat. Carrying a walking stick, he grins in the direction of the viewer where, according to the caption, a pho... More
Your king and country need you. Join the army until the war is over / ...
Poster is text only, with small armorial device of King George V. Poster no. 3. W. 7810. 11/14.
Offer your services now. Our brave soldiers at the front need your hel...
Poster is text only, with small armorial device of King George V. Poster no. 6. W. 7458 11/14.
Your king & country need you. Another 100,000 men wanted. [...]
133,000, 8/14. Poster is text only. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Line up, boys! Enlist to-day / E. & S. Ltd.
Poster showing four men in kilts and uniforms, shouldering rifles. Poster no. 54.
Lord Kitchener says: Enlist to-day / photo Bassano ; printed by David ...
Poster showing portrait of Lord Kitchener, with a quote from him. "Men, materials & money are the immediate necessities. ... Does the call of duty find no response in you until reinforced - let us rather say su... More
It is far better to face the bullets than to be killed at home by a bo...
Poster showing a dirigible in the night sky over London, illuminated by a searchlight.
Men of London! Remember! We must have more men so join now and help to...
Poster showing the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, with flags of the Allies. Poster no. 50.
Wanted - Royal Navy / printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office by W...
Poster is text only, with arms and monogram of George V above, listing positions in the Royal Navy with qualifying age and weekly pay. [3613] G222 100M 2/15 110.
Have you any women-folk worth defending? Remember the women of Belgium...
Poster showing a portrait of a woman wearing a shawl drawn over her head.
Group system. Enlistment in groups will re-open on Monday, January 10t...
Poster is text only, encouraging men to volunteer for military service under the Group System.
To the women of Britain. [...] Won't you help and send a man to join t...
Poster is text only, asking wives and mothers to encourage men to enlist in the army. Poster no. 69.
Why aren't you in khaki? You'll be wanted. Enlist at once / printed by...
Poster is text only. Poster no. 65. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Help to end the war by enlisting ... carry the fight into the enemy's ...
Poster no. 44. W. 10403 - 15M. - 1/15. 8-229603. Poster is text only.
£1 for 15/6. If you cannot fight - lend your money. Go to the post off...
Poster showing a soldier with rifle, and a scene of a "Savings Bank" clerk helping customers at a post office.
There is still a place in the line for you. Will you fill it? / The Ha...
Poster showing a line of soldiers at attention, flanking a sign which reads, "This space is reserved for a fit man." Poster no. 35. W 12401/328. 10M. 2/15.
Thousands have answered the nation's call, but you may be the one to t...
Poster is text only. Poster no. 94. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oxfordshire [Red Cross] day, Saturday, June 5, for the British Red Cro...
Poster is text only. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wanted - men, munitions, money. If you can neither enlist nor make mun...
Poster showing coins and a bag of money. Poster no. 13.
An appeal to you / M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, Ltd., Dublin & Belfast.
Poster showing a youthful soldier holding a rifle with bayonet. Caption: Give us a hand old man! P. 209/7500.
German cruelty to British prisoners. Justice cannot be done without yo...
Lord Kitchener says: The Germans have stripped and insulted British Prisoners and have shot some in cold blood. The Germans act with the same barbarous savagery as the Sudan Dervishes. The Prime Minister says: ... More
To starred or badged single men or single men in reserved occupations....
Poster is text only, explaining at length revised rules for recruiting, enlistment, and exemption. Poster no. 162. Wt. W. 17,193/786.
The new military service bill need not apply to you if you enlist now ...
Text continues: Millions of your fellow countrymen have volunteered their services. Play your part in this great world battle for freedom and let the State decide what that part shall be. Poster is text only. P... More
It's worth while! That's why. Buy war savings certificates / G.P. Bead...
Poster showing two working class men engaged in conversation, one smoking a pipe, the other eating. Poster no. 36. (355) Wt. 32375/2173. 100,000. 9/17. E1803. Issued by the National War Savings Committee, Salis... More
Put it into national war bonds / J.W. Ltd.
Poster showing a soldier smiling. B 3045. - Wt. 9651/2639. 10M. 6/18. E2500.
British Empire Union. "Once a German, always a German." Remember! Ever...
Poster showing caricatures of Germans, including wartime scenes of past violence, cruelty, and drunkenness, and then a charming German businessman of the day. Also a vignette of martyr Edith Cavell's grave and ... More
St. Eustache une des Isles d'Antilles dans l'Amerique du Nord la quell...
Print shows British naval assault on Saint Eustatius. (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com̄un. de l'Academie Imperiale... More
The coronation of King George the fourth / engraved by J. Chapman from...
Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Come now. Be honest with yourself / P.J.W. ; printed by David Allen & ...
Poster showing new supplies as would be issued to a recruit, including uniform, boots, hat, overcoat, kit, and rifle. "Your arms, uniform and accoutrements are ready waiting for you." Lord Kitchener at Guildhal... More
A peep at Christies; - or - Tally-ho, & his nimeney-pimmeney taking th...
Miss Farren and Lord Derby walk together inspecting pictures. She, very thin and tall, looks over his head through a glass at a picture in the second row of Zenocrates & Phryne. He looks at the picture immediat... More
Wha wants me, British Cartoon Print
Print shows Thomas Paine, full-length, standing, facing left, holding scroll "rights of man", surrounded by injustices and standing on labels, representing morals and justices, defending measures taken in revol... More
The tree of liberty,-with, the devil tempting John Bull / Js. Gy. inv....
Round a bare and decayed oak tree is twined a serpent with the head of Fox; he holds a damaged apple inscribed "reform" to John Bull, who is fat and his pockets bulge with golden apples. The trunk of the tree i... More
The postman. ('Twixt hope and fear) / painted by W. Dendy Sadler ; etc...
Woman in doorway and a postman delivering mail.
Uncorking old sherry / Js. Gillrlay, inv. & fecit., British Cartoon Pr...
William Pitt stands in the House of Commons, facing the opposition which is represented by bottles containing the heads of the most well-known opposition leaders including Fox, Tierney, Windham and Grey. At Pit... More
Uncorking old sherry / Js. Gillrlay, inv. & fecit., British Cartoon Pr...
William Pitt stands in the House of Commons, facing the opposition which is represented by bottles containing the heads of the most well-known opposition leaders including Fox, Tierney, Windham and Grey. At Pit... More
Excise inquisition erecting by English slaves under the scourge of the...
A British satire on an attempt by William Pitt and George Rose to transfer to excise law certain import duties; standing in opposition is Edward Thurlow. The central image shows Britannia, wrapped in a blanket ... More
John Glyn esqr., member of Parliament for Middlesex, British Cartoon P...
Full-length portrait facing left, standing next to column with Liberty figure. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
The British lion engaging four powers, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a lion confronting a spaniel, representing Spain, a fighting cock, representing France, a rattlesnake, representing America, and a pug dog, representing Holland. Catalogue of prints and drawings in... More
High-change in Bond Street, - ou- la Politesse du Grande Monde / Js. G...
Fashionably dressed pedestrians on Bond Street. In the foreground, five men crowd a woman and girl off the sidewalk as they leer at them. The women, seen from the back, are oddly dressed. In the background, thr... More
Your king & country need you to maintain the honour and glory of the B...
Poster showing a Scottish soldier in uniform with kilt, standing on a street corner in a Belgian village. Caption: A wee "scrap o' paper" is Britain's bond. Copyright Dobson, Molle & Co. Ltd. Poster no. 17.
British navy at war / George Pulman & Sons, Ltd., Thayer St., London, ...
Poster showing scenes of naval activities, and small portraits of Admiral Sir David Beatty and Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. No. 1.
War. Britons have never failed in their duty and never will. Enlist fo...
Poster is text only. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Red Cross. Soldiers receiving medical attention]
Poster showing a crowded scene at a Red Cross truck, with soldiers using supplies from boxes marked with the Red Cross symbol. Poster has no text.
To the women of Britain. Some of your men folk are holding back on you...
Poster is text only. Poster no. 55. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Join the 3rd/5th Black Watch now, at Forfar
Poster is text only, on a background of Black Watch tartan.
What in the end will settle this war? Trained men. It is your duty to ...
Poster is text only. Poster no. 56. Public domain scan of British poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
England expects - and England must not and will not be disappointed. R...
Poster showing a tall masted ship. Text continues: ... to serve during the period of the war. Age 18 to 38 - Mean chest measurement 34 inches, height 5 ft. 3 1/2 inches. There are no expenses incurred in joinin... More
Soldiers' separation allowances. Increased rates from March 1, 1915 [....
Poster is text only, including lengthy descriptions of conditions and qualifications for allowances to families and dependants, "whether related or not." Poster no. 72. W. 13250. 3/15.
Now is the time to buy something worth having, war savings certificate...
Poster showing a man smoking a cigarette as he looks over his War Savings Certificates, with caption, "Paid off." Poster no. 101.
Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Our work in 1914 / David Allen & ...
Text continues: In the year, 1112 lives saved. In a month, 239 lives saved. In a week, 173 lives saved. In a day, 152 lives saved. 1824 to 1914, 52,526 total saved. Supported solely by voluntary contributions. ... More
Rugby union footballers are doing their duty. Over 90% have enlisted. ...
Poster showing two half-length portraits side by side, of a rugby player and of a soldier. "This is not the time to play games" (Lord Roberts). "Every player who represented England in Rugby international match... More
Women of Britain say - "Go!" / E.[P.?] Kealey ; printed by Hill, Siffk...
Poster showing two women and a child looking out a window, as soldiers march away. Poster no. 75. W. 1689 10 M. 5/15. Exhibited: "The Mobilization of Imagery" at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Steintorplatz... More
Halt! Go into training and help the boys at the front / Printed by The...
Poster is text only. Poster no. 45. Wt. 9754, 35M. 1/15.
Young men of the Bahamas. ... Enlist to-day / The Gleaner Co., Ltd., P...
Poster is text only. Public domain scan of British poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"You're proud of your pals in the Army of course! But what will your p...
Poster is text only. Poster no. 43. Public domain scan of British poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mr. John Redmond, M.P., and the war. Irishmen! Follow Mr. John Redmond...
Poster is text only, with lengthy quote from Redmond. Public domain scan of British poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Biplanes] / Printed by Hill, Siffken & Co., Ltd. (L.P.A. Ltd.), Graft...
Poster showing biplanes in flight. Poster has no text, but blank space for text to be added. No. 78.
Come lad slip across and help / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Har...
Poster showing a soldier standing on a map, reaching from France over the English Channel to take the hand of a civilian man standing on England. Poster no. 131. Paste-on: 21. W.9116. 25M - 9/15.
Britannia between death and the doctor's / Js Gillray inv. & fect., Br...
A faint Britannia seated on bed with three "doctors," William Pitt kicking Henry Addington and stepping on Charles James Fox. The figure of death, with Napoleon's head, strides from behind bed curtains. Catalog... More
Integrity retiring from Office! / Js. Gillray, invt & ft., British Car...
A group of resigning ministers, led by Pitt who holds a document entitled "Justice of Emancipating ye Catholicks", leaving through an arched gateway inscribed "Treasury." Following Pitt are Dundas, Grenville, S... More