Your King & Country Need You to Maintain the Honour and Glory of the British Empire. A Wee “Scrap o’ Paper” is Britain’s Bond.
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Ministry of Defence, Main Building, Whitehall
Interpretation about this artwork is under review
The Government Art Collection recognises its responsibility to artists, colleagues and all our audiences to represent the diversity of the UK and to embed anti-racist and equitable practices throughout our work. We are taking action to address inequality in the Collection and its interpretation.
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- Subjects
- WW1 art, military uniform, kilt, tunic, cap, sporran, webbing, water-bottle, propaganda, bayonet, rifle (military), soldier, World War I, street
- Materials & Techniques
- poster (as object name), lithograph
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Details
- Artist
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Lawson Wood (1878 - 1957)
- Title
- Your King & Country Need You to Maintain the Honour and Glory of the British Empire. A Wee “Scrap o’ Paper” is Britain’s Bond.
- Date
- 1914
- Medium
- Poster - lithograph
- Dimensions
- height: 74.50 cm, width: 50.00 cm
- Acquisition
- Presented by Peter MacNamara, December 2013
- Provenance
- T. Peter MacNamara 1973 (given to him by a student)
- GAC number
- 18584