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Lord Kitchener Wants You is a 1914 advertisement by Alfred Leete which was developed into a recruitment poster. It depicted Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War, above the words "WANTS YOU". Kitchener, wearing the cap of a British field marshal, stares and points at the viewer calling them to enlist in the British Army against ...
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Original - British World War I recruitment poster featuring Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, 1916. Reason Per the other day's nomination, this is a subject that does deserve a featured picture. Not quite the same iconic value as the original poster, but much higher technical specs and still pretty good encyclopedic value.
The poster was designed by Alfred Leete. A similar poster used the words "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU".' Reason An often imitated image of high cultural and historical significance. Articles this image appears in Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Lord Kitchener Wants You, Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four) Creator Alfred Leete
The title page of the "London Opinion" in 1914 for the first time printed images showing popular by its command posts in colonial wars War Minister Lord Kitchener. The advertising psychologically pioneering subject of fixing the viewer with the look in perspective enlarged outstretched forefinger was copied in several countries - the most ...
This poster with Kitchener's image and words was the most produced official recruitment poster. Official advertising for recruits was in the control of the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (PRC), but private efforts such as that by the London Opinion with the now iconic image of Kitchener were also produced. Posters were prepared in different ...
"Lord Kitchener Wants You" Alfred Ambrose Chew Leete (1882–1933) was a British graphic artist. Born at Thorpe Achurch , Northamptonshire , [ 1 ] he studied at Kingsholme School and The School of Science and Art (now Weston College ) in Weston-super-Mare , before moving to London in 1899 and taking a post as an artist with a printer .
A 1917 poster designed by Robert Baden-Powell encouraging civilian participation in the war effort. This is a timeline of the British home front during the First World War from 1914 to 1918. This conflict was the first modern example of total war in the United Kingdom ; innovations included the mobilisation of the workforce, including many ...