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Description: | Concept: recruiting, propaganda, military personnel, shipping, uniform, civilian personnel, civilian suffering, women / womens work, children, family, seascape, military vehicles Description: whole: the image occupies the whole, held within a narrow black border. The text is separate and positioned along the bottom edge, in grey. All set against a white background. image: a full-length depiction of an American sailor, in white uniform and cap, standing in a lifeboat overcrowded with civilians. His right arm is raised in the direction of a surfaced U-boat in the background left, its crew standing and waving on the superstructure. His left hand is positioned at his mouth, as if shouting for help. In the background left, the raised stern of a sinking merchant vessel is visible. text: AUTOLITHO by F. BRANGWYN A.R.A. and PRINTED by THE AVENUE PRESS LONDON W.C. for THE U.S. NAVY RECRUITING BUREAU 1917. Object: ship, submarine, cap, lifeboat, oar | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Brangwyn, Frank Sir RA Printer: The Avenue Press (L Upcott Gill and Son Ltd) 55 and 57 Drury Lane, London, WC Publisher/Sponsor: United States Navy Recruiting Bureau | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=2592... | Go to resource |
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