Poster, 'England Expects Every Man To Do His Duty'

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Poster, 'England Expects Every Man To Do His Duty'

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Text posters such as this one were common in the First World War, both in New Zealand and Britain, when governments needed to quickly and effectively make proclamations in an era without television or radio. This was the first poster to be produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in Britain. Harking back to past battlesThe main text of this poster is a paraphrase of Admiral Nelson's famous signal 'England expects that every man will do his duty' sent from his flagship HMS Victory as...

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Image

Date created

November 1914

Creator

Parliamentary Recruiting Committee / Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd.

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/894158

Related subjects

royalty / Coats of arms / War / World War, 1914-1918 / recruiting / ink / paper / political posters / England / United Kingdom

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