LEGAL CHAMELEONS
photographs by Mark Tedeschi Collectors' List 129 2008

13 James Northfield (Australian, 1888-1973)
Come On Boys, Follow The Flag!, c1916. Colour lithograph in 6 sheets, 76 x 102cm (each sheet). Linen-backed..
Published by Troedel & Cooper, Melbourne. Issued by the Recruiting Committee of Victoria. Illustrated in Hetherington, James Northfield and the Art of Selling Australia, National Library of Australia, 2006, p14. Very rare Northfield billboard-size poster.
 $26,000
14 James P. Beadle (British, 1863-1946)
It's Worth While! That's Why. Buy War Savings Certificates, 1917. Colour litho-graph, signed and dated in image lower right, 73.2 x 39.4cm. Replaced and repainted missing portions, repaired tears, light staining to image upper right. Linen-backed..
Text continues "Poster No. 36. Issued by the National War Savings Committee, Salisbury Square, E.C.4. (355) Wt. 32375/2173. 100,000. 9/17. H.H. Ltd. E1803."
 $1,100
15 Norman Lindsay (Australian, 1879-1969)
God Bless Dear Daddy Who Is Fighting The Hun And Send Him Help, c1918. Colour process lithograph, signed in image lower left, 47 x 37.1cm. Minor perforation to image lower centre, repaired tears and creases. Linen-backed..
Text continues "Issued by the government of the Commonwealth of Australia. W.E. Smith Ltd, Sydney."
 $3,300







16 Norman Lindsay (Australian, 1879-1969)
[Set Of Four Australian Recruitment Posters] (a) Your Help Is Needed; (b) The Call Of Humanity; (c) Why We Must Win The War; (d) The Peril To Australia, c1918-1919. Tinted lineblocks and letterpress, printed on both sides, each signed in block, postal cancellation stamp, affixed typed address label and paper fastener to envelope section of each pamphlet, 76.4 x 50.8cm (each). Glue remnants, old folds, creases, repaired tears.
Text includes "Issued by the Director-General of Recruiting, Victoria Barracks, Melb."(a) and (b) printed by Arthur McQuitty & Co., Kent St, Syd.; (c) printed by G.T. Petheridge, Parker St, Sydney; and (d) printed by Chas. Steele and Co., 302-8 Russell St, Melb. These posters were printed in a pamphlet format which formed its own envelope when folded, and were individually addressed.
$6,600