1910. Colour lithograph, 54.8 x 80cm. Minor missing portions to old folds, slight stains, perforations. Linen-backed. Designed by Kimoto Gensei, this sugoroku board game consists of 23 panels, illustrating the occupations and life events of “modern” young women. Scenes include becoming a graduate student, a doctor, teacher, and telephone operator..... More
c1910s. Colour lithograph with letterpress, 88.7 x 56.3cm. Minor missing portions and repaired tears to margins. Linen-backed. Text continues “Large stock. Ashby Road, Spilsby [Lincolnshire, UK].” An interesting feature of this poster is the illustration of two decorated Edwardian rooms, one showing a dining room, the other a bedroom. More
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1911. Colour lithograph with letterpress banner, signed and dated in image upper left, 100.2 x 73.3cm. Repaired tears, old folds. Linen-backed. Text in French continues “Le 29 Juin – 22 Juillet. A. Bortzells TR.A. B. Stockholm.” Letterpress banner reads “Chemin de fer du nord [French Northern Railway]. 3 services rapides..... More
1911. Colour lithograph, initialled “W.B.” in image lower right, 64.5 x 35.3cm. Old creases. Linen-backed. French and Dutch text includes “Aout–Oct. 1911. Tentoonstelling [Exhibition] van oude kunst, Mechelen [Belgium]. Vu et approuve par le College des Bourgmestre et Echivens [mayor and aldermen] de la ville de Malines. Lith. H. Dierickx-Beke..... More
1912. Linocut and process screen with letterpress on blue paper, 102.7 x 38.4cm. Repaired minor tears and missing portions to edges, not affecting image. Linen-backed. Text continues “Spencer’s startling special. Kid Canfield exposes by actual demonstration the dishonest methods by which the victims are fleeced in gambling dens. A distinctly..... More
c1914. Letterpress, 62.3 x 95.9cm. Minor missing portions to old folds, repaired tears. Linen-backed. Shows the Union Jack and the German flag. Held in SLNSW. This poster was most likely printed in Australia, as the quality of the paper and printing is not as sophisticated as similar work produced by..... More
c1915. Colour and process lithograph in three panels, annotated in Chinese in ink on lower portion, 157.5 x 79.5cm. Repaired tears, creases and portions to margins, slight foxing and soiling. Linen-backed. Possibly a Japanese troupe performing in China. More
1915. Colour lithograph, date in image lower centre, 87 x 57.2cm. Repaired minor missing portions and tears to edges, slight foxing, old folds. Linen-backed. Text includes “The public are advised to familiarise themselves with the appearance of British and German airships and aeroplanes, so that they may not be alarmed..... More
1915. Colour and process lithograph, 50.4 x 75.7cm. Old folds, pinholes, repaired tears. Linen-backed. Text includes “‘Men, materials & money are the immediate necessities.’ Lord Kitchener, speaking at Guildhall, July 9th, 1915. Published by The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London. Poster no. 113. Printed by David Allen & Sons Ltd, Harrow..... More
c1915. Colour lithograph, 76 x 101cm. Repaired minor missing portions to old folds. Linen-backed. Text continues “Published by The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee.” Held in AWM, SLNSW, LOC (US). More
c1917. Colour lithograph, 107 x 71.4cm. Repaired missing portions and tears to edges, some affecting image. Linen-backed. Text continues “In the allied armies alongside the stars and stripes. Enlist today! The Crown Press, Chicago.” Held in IWM (UK), and Auckland Museum with the comment “poster produced during the First World..... More
1917. Colour lithograph, artist’s name “Illion” [sic] in image centre right, 71.1 x 52.4cm. Repaired tears and missing portions to edges, slight stains. Linen-backed. Text continues “Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for more food for starving millions. Ship more to the war-stricken people of France, Belgium, Italy..... More
1917. Colour lithograph, signed in image upper right, 107.2 x 72.8cm. Repaired tears and slight discolouration to edges. Linen-backed. Text includes “Every piece of work done in this plant has a direct bearing on the outcome of the war. Our finished product goes to France. The men who face for..... More
c1914-1918. Letterpress and lithograph, signed “W.N. Drunn [?]” in image centre left, 70.8 x 53.3cm. Repaired tears to edges including upper portion of image. Linen-backed. Text includes “The big German liners which the government is now fitting out as army transports need a large commissary staff, and the navy wants..... More
1918. Colour lithograph, signed in image lower right, 76.3 x 51cm. Repaired tears to lower edge. Linen-backed. Text continues “Boy Scouts of America. Be prepared. Weapons for liberty. American Litho. Co., NY.” Held in LOC (USA); IWM (UK). Joseph Christian Leyendecker “is considered to be one of the pre-eminent American..... More
1918. Colour lithograph, monogrammed and signed in image lower right, 75.9 x 51.1cm. Repaired tears to edges, paper loss to corners from pinholes. Linen-backed. Text continues “Committee on Public Information Division of Pictorial Publicity. American Library Association. United War Work Campaign. Week of Nov. 11, 1918. American Litho. Co., NY.”..... More
c1917-1919. Letterpress and line block, 107.1 x 71.5cm. Repaired tears and missing portions, stains to image centre. Linen-backed. Text includes “To all brave, healthy, able bodied, and well-disposed young men, in this neighbourhood who have any inclination to join the troops, now raising under General Washington. For the defence of..... More
c1920s. Colour lithograph, 79.9 x 43.5cm. Linen-backed. Text in French continues “Oeuvre des Creches. Mardi-Gras.” Les Noirauds (“The Blacks”) was founded in 1876 to save a Brussels orphanage on the verge of bankruptcy. The festival, which is now controversial, features fund-raisers dressing up in blackface and 18th century-style clothing to..... More
c1920s. Colour lithograph, 70.8 x 54.4cm. Repaired major creases and surface loss to lower portion and right edge, slight cracking. Linen-backed. Text continues “Bill Jones. J. Weiner Ltd. Printed in England. Parker-Holladay Co. (England) Ltd. Drayton House, London, WC1, 17.” See item #18 re “Bill Jones” series. More
c1920s. Colour lithograph, 71.1 x 55.6cm. Repaired missing portion to right edge, minor soiling, creases. Linen-backed. Text continues “Bill Jones. Series 8. Copyright in all countries. Printed in England. Parker-Holladay Co. (England) Ltd. Drayton House, London, WC1, 40.” See item #18 re “Bill Jones” series. More
c1920s. Colour lithograph, 71.1 x 54.6cm. Minor soiling to edges. Linen-backed. Text continues “Bill Jones. Series 8. Copyright in all countries. Printed in England. Parker-Holladay Co. (England) Ltd. Drayton House, London, WC1, 48.” See item #18 re “Bill Jones” series. More
c1920s. Colour lithograph, 119.2 x 80.2cm. Slight discolouration, repaired old folds, some dents to edges. Linen-backed. Text includes “13-15-17-19, Rue de Bruxereuilles, Chaumont. La plus grande spécialité pour dames de la région … Imp. Foulon Frères & M. Peuchet, 27, Rue de la Grange-aux-B0.elles, Paris.”. More
c1920s. Colour lithograph with letterpress, 100.8 x 62.4cm. Slight foxing and stains, repaired tears, surface loss and creases. Linen-backed. Text continues “No transhipping. For schedule of fares and literature, apply to agents for Shaw, Savill & Albion Co. Ltd, throughout New Zealand and Australia. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, Printers.” Overprinted..... More
c1920s. Colour lithograph, “Bond” watermark in paper, 51.8 x 36.3cm. Slight foxing to image. Linen-backed. This poster is in the style of Japanese moga or “modern girls”, who followed “Westernised fashions and lifestyles in the 1920s. These moga were Japan’s equivalent of America’s flappers.” Moga were considered to be the..... More
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c1920s. Colour lithograph, 71.1 x 55cm. Repaired minor missing portions and tears to margins. Linen-backed. Text continues “Series 8, [#39]. Copyright all countries. J. Weiner Ltd. Printed in England. Parker-Holladay Co. (Eng.) Ltd., Drayton House, Lond. WC1.” During the 1920s, a number of American companies produced motivational posters and cards..... More