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Auction History Result 9k915 LORD KITCHENER WANTS YOU 20x30 English commercial poster '68 classic Leete art reproduced! Date Sold 8/25/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Unfolded English Commercial Poster (made to be sold directly to the public; measures 20" x 30" [51 x 76 cm]) (Learn More) Lord Kitchener Wants You, the 1914 English World War I (WWI) recruitment poster ("Britons"; "Join Your Country's Army!"; "God save the King") depicting Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War. This image first appeared on the cover of London Opinion magazine and has been reproduced many times and inspired many imitations. It is considered one of the most iconic and influential poster images of World War I (likely next to the "I Want YOU" poster by James Montgomery Flagg!). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Alfred Leete Important Added Info: Note that this is a 1968 commercial poster that reproduces this classic poster from 1914 (there have been many other commercial posters made of it in other years). Note that this is one of 78 very rare posters (including 53 WWI and WWII posters and 18 stage play posters) that mostly date from 1888 to 1945. These were originally acquired by an archive decades ago, and they have been in storage ever since, until they were recently consigned to us. Many of these are the sorts of posters that you can find reproductions of on the Internet, but finding guaranteed originals like these is incredibly difficult (years can go by before these are offered for sale or at auction). This is a very rare opportunity to purchase any of these 78 posters (which even includes a remarkable 1873 P.T. Barnum poster from his "Traveling World's Fair")! Note that in June of 2016, we auctioned around 100 posters that were from this same archive. The 78 posters we are currently auctioning represent most of the remaining posters from this remarkable find (we certainly wish there were lots more, but unfortunately there are not, so this is likely your last opportunity to acquire these great rarities!). Condition: very good. There are creases in the bottom right corner and a few smudges in the background areas, and some very minor border wear. Learn More about condition grades 
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