Poster, London Opinion, Your Country Needs You, WW1
Original news stand poster, London Opinion, Your Country Needs You, Lord Kitchener. This is the very rare poster that led to what was to become the famous Lord Kitchener Wants You recruiting poster of September 1914. Leete's design was so striking that it was commandeered by the Government's Parliamentary Recruiting Committee and permission was sought to use it as a recruiting poster
Picture No
13539480
Media ID
47815046
Size
2748px x 4110px
(5.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library / Onslow Auctions Ltd
Source
Original poster by Alfred Leete (1882-1931), printed for London Opinion by the Victoria Printing Co Ltd, 5 September 1914
Date
1914
