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Description: | First World War British home front patriotic charity concert silk souvenir, in support of a 1915 Red Cross fund-raising event featuring Clara Butt-Rumford. The contralto singer Dame Clara Butt (1872-1936) worked incessantly throughout the First World War to raise money for charity, earning over a hundred thousand pounds. It was in recognition of this war work that King George V awarded her the title of Dame of the British Empire. (See also two related commemorative flags, EPH 4274 and EPH 4275).
stick and silk
commemorative silk shows the flags of the Allies flanked by portraits of Queen Mary and King George V with printed inscription underneath: 'SOUVENIR OF THE CLARA BUTT-ROMFORD CONCERT / In aid of / BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY / And the / ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM IN ENGLAND / ROYAL ALBERT HALL, May 13th, 1915'. The maker's name and address also printed on the side: 'TILLOTSON & SON, LTD., ART PRINTERS, TUDOR STREET, LONDON E.C. AND BOLTON'.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Tillotson and Son, Ltd. | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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